Evelyn 32-2 Project Pterobyte

Wheeww! It has been a long winter for the boat.  She came cleaner and neater.  Back in the water she lookes even better.  Up coming races at Leukemia and ScrewPile will show her new true colors.

 

 

Tags: evelyn 32-2

After a long hard winter Pterobyte is coming out to play.  We have a few weeks of tuning ahead of us before we our next race, Lukiemia Cup and then Screw Pile.  We need crew wanna come too?

We have gotten so much done I can’t believe it.  It looks like the boat will splash on Friday, May 22, and race on Saturday.

I have not posted in some time.  The crew and I have been making great progress however.  I have been taking pictures along the way. To-date we have:

• Finished the keel
• Finished the non skin
• Finished painting the interior
• Fabricated new hatch board rails, slides and hand rails
• Fabricated and installed new windows

We should have the boat in the water in a few weeks.  Stay tuned for the date and the unveiling party… Till then I am holding the pictures …

Well we have turned the corner…

Pterobyte saw it’s first coat of paint.  It has becomethe grey ghost.  Of course that means the first coat of paint is primer but at least it is on it’s way to being beautiful….. again…!

This is with the Interlux Pre-Kote primer.

Tags: evelyn 32-2, interlux, painting

I cut out the keel templates from Computer Keels. I thought we would be on the second blue line, 35%. I cut the first one, lowest station, and it didn’t fit right. The trailer edge didn’t come into ceenter line. I cut station two and had the same problem. So I recut section 2 to the next deeper line, 40%, and it fit like a charm so I cut all three that way. It appears they all fit pretty will and only need some trim.

The port side bulge we were worried about seems to be taken care of with the new keel box repair and we won’t have to grind lead.

Tags: computer keel, keel, templates

For Sale: Evelyn 32-2 “Remedy” KWRW & BIRW winner, the fastest & best prepared Evelyn 32 on the planet! Offered at a fraction of replacement cost. Why spend the next few years fixing a 32 when you can buy the “Remedy” and win in 09!
Asking 25.5k obo contact John Fries for full details:

Noank, CT Hull FMU021320683 A proven winner for a fraction of replacement cost.. Class winner 2005 KWRW and BIRW!! Turn key boat ready to race and WIN today!

General:

• Yanmar 1GM
• Martec Prop
• Sailcomp
• Navman Instruments

Structural:

• New bulkheads
• Reinforced Keel Sump
• Stanchion mounting reinforced top & bottom.
• Carbon tube between chainplates
• New chainplate tie rods

Rigging:

• New Dieform rigging
• New Tuff Luff
• Vectran backstay 32:1 (led to helmsman)
• Vectran checkstays
• Carbon boom
• Carbon spin pole
• New deck hardware
• New lifelines

Sails:

• Sailmaker owned boat:
• email or call For complete inventory of THIRTEEN Practically new sails.

friessaildesign@gmail.com  John Fries 860 501-3218

Tags: evelyn 32-2 for sale, for sale, John Fries, Remedy

We seated the keel and laser sighted it to be straight.  Found several areas that need repair under the paint.  Took off most the bottom paint with Peel Away.  About 80% done with that.  We also glassed the deck to the hull, hope this seals some leaks.

The paint stripping is a challenge.  Once the Peel Away has had time to ‘cook off’ it does not adhere very well to the paper they supply.  This may be because it is hanging upside down.  I took the boat out and pressure washed it and got a lot off the bottom, more so then just scraping.  I have one batch cooking now but I am out of the paper they supply.  So I put a batch under some thin poly film. Tomorrow we will take it out and pressure wash it again and see how that does.

Tags: naked bottom, paint striping, peel away

After searching for foam core, honeycomb and other methods of producing light weight boards for floor and other fab part boards for about three months I finally came accross Nidacore structual Honeycomb Material.  www.nida-core.com . I talked with them on the phone and they were VERY helpful. They sent me a sample box of material and the contact for the local distributor.

This product is not nearly as expensive as the others I have been looking at and is almost as light as the lightest high tech material. I am covering mine in fiber glass. If it is covered in carbon it would even lighter. I did one piece with vacuum layup. The results are fantastic. The cost of the vacuum supplies is pretty steep so I reverted to laying up flat panels on a waxed smooth surface, covering with heavy poly and putting a cover board and weight on it. The results are a bit heavier then the vacuum product but as little of this as I am using it is well worth it. The board on the boat I am replacing, paper honey comb, probably weight 2 or 3 times what Nidacore does and the Nidacore does not absorb water or rot.

I also met some great folks at the local Nidacore supplier, Eastern Burlap in Norfolk Va.  These guys are fantastic and great to work with.  They really know their stuff.

757-622-5914

Tags: composit core, eastern burlap, fiber glass, honeycomb core, nidacore, renovation, sailboat

No pictures tonight but with Chris’s help this weekend and the work I got done today.

All the Nida-Core pieces are cut out:
Forepeak stringer
Forepeak main platform
Forepeak aft bulkhead
Forepeak inspection cover
Main bulkhead, chain plate additions.

I have one piece laid up and curing  now.  Will do more tomorrow.

Also I wanted to share this great note from John.  This will help set the rig properly along with Jim Baker’s input:

Tags: bulk head, bulkhead, chain plate, nida-core