Welcome to D & W Boatworks

Welcome to D and W Boatworks

11/28/08

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We are building a Dudley Dix designed, CKD Boats kit, of an Open 6.50 Meter or "Mini".

Ours will have the canting keel and water ballast.

We live in Phoenix, Arizona USA, and plan to sail it in Southern California costal races,

as well as our local racing and just sailing a fast boat!

News & Progress:

Here is the blow by blow coverage!

Latest Build Photos.

25-27 Nov. You call that a rudder!
	Not really. That is the test rudder, to check to be sure if the rudders can be moved from one side to the other. Important if something should happen to one of the rudders. See the Nov pix to see if it fits on the port side. Spent this week remounting all the transom brackets between the final coats of primers on the rudders and keel. Also drilled the pilot holes for the mainsheet cleat and the cockpit winches.
21 Nov 08. Figuring out where to put....
	...the cockpit hardware. Long time crewmember Craig stopped by today and we sat in the cockpit and determined where to mount the winches, clutches, and main sheet blocks. We also were looking and where to put the motor bracket. I quick made up a test rudder to check clearance of the prop when I discovered that the rudder brackets on the transom do not line up well enough for the pins to go in. So I will have to loosen all the bolts insert the pins and bolt it back together. Arg! And the primer I put on yesterday came out looking better, so I gave the foils another couple of coats of primer.
20 Nov 08. Fair and paint.
	I'm really getting to like this sanding thing! &^%^$. Faired the rudders and keel again. Then coated with primer. We'll see how it looks this time.
19 Nov 08. Spotted rudders
	Filled the bad areas on the rudders and keel. Drilled the holes for the battery disconnect switches. See Nov Pix.
13 & 15 Nov 08. Nothing much to show.
	For 2 days of work. Its amazing how something that looks pretty good, when after painting looks like shit. So more sanding on both rudders and on the keel slot. I'll have to fill some areas with more fairing compound, then more sanding. When bored with sanding I loaded the 2 batteries in the boat and figured out how I will hold them in place. Also drilled the holes for the battery cables.
03 Nov 08. A forest of foils.
	Faired the rudders today and then primer painted them and the keel strut and the bottom of the boat by the keel slot. See Nov Pix.
28 Oct 08. Cherokee!
	We were in Newport RI for the Mini Class North America general meeting and stopped by the Museum of Yachting new build of the 6-metre "Cherokee". Wow what a boat. Pictures do not do it justice. See the Web site here. And follow along with the build on Tom's Blog. More pix here.
Past build progress continues here.