Kaimusailing
s/v Kaimu Wharram Catamaran
| Vessel Name: | Kaimu |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Wharram Custom |
| Hailing Port: | Norwalk, CT |
| Crew: | Andy and the Kaimu Crew |
| About: | Sailors in the Baltimore, Annapolis, DC area. |
17 April 2024 | St Marys, GA
Dinghy Skeg
I was suffering with what seemed like a cold and also had allergy symptoms. I awoke and felt fine. The green pollen that was coating everything was gone. Maybe it will return.
07 April 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Clammy Hands
Items came in from TEMU, the Chinese cut rate retailer. One was a nice little drone that cost about twelve and a half dollars. It looked like an easy thing to play with while I coughed and sneezed. I was fighting a summer cold, even though it is not summer elsewhere, it seems like it here. A nice [...]
02 April 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Sun Doggie
After laminating the cedar strips onto the gunwales of the dinghy I found the screws I used wouldn’t come out. The epoxy had seized them. The screw heads were stripped so I cut a straight slot in the heads with the cut off wheel. The cedar smoked when the screw heads got red hot. I could remove [...]
21 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Just Add Water
The rainy weekend started off with overcast and fog but no rain. It looked like I might be able to get something done on the D4 dinghy. I wanted to change the bow seat which is really the bow deck. The sailing option uses the deck to hold the freestanding mast. I didn’t like how the deck looked, [...]
01 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA
D4 Dinghy Alternative Seats
The rain event was more wind than rain, strong winds with gusts up to 44 mph. We drove into town to see what the harbor was like. There was a small sailboat that had dragged anchor and was sitting close to shore. The tide was out. We left and played with Bleu at Notter’s Pond.
23 February 2024 | St. Marys, GA
D4 Inside Seams
Day two of the dinghy build started out with me finishing wiring the hull bottoms together on the centerline of the bottom panels. This was much easier than the wiring of the chine edges of the bottom panels and the side panels.
More Madness
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On their website I found the Madness Proa and they offered a study package of plans for about twenty bucks for the 25 pages. After I bought the package, which was accessed imediately after credit card approval, it plopped into my download file after I clicked on it.
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The package of study plans apparently is what those who purchase the kits get for documentation. Those who order building plans get a different package of plans, which includes full size patterns. The kit builders get boat parts already cut out by a CNC machine and they can order most of the other pieces of lumber on another option plus there is an option of laminate and resin to add to the purchase. Or you could buy the completed boat from Chesapeake Light Craft.
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The awaited day of mild temperatures came and I used it to finish making the new mast step. The old step was a flat aluminum plate with a 4 degrees of slope to match the mast base. The mast of course has 4 degrees of rake. I made a rectangular fence of sorts that surrounded the base of the mast and bolted with the plate to the beam that supports the mast. When the old mast went over, it blew apart the rectangular fence. For the new aluminum mast I decided to make a male plate that fits inside the mast base. This plate which is elliptical is bolted to the 4 degree sloped plate that was originally used with the wooden mast. The aluminum mast will rest on the sloped plate and be kept in place by the male plate.
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I had already cut out a rough ellipse about 7 by 4 1/2 inches. After grinding it to shape, it was dressed with a belt sander to smooth it. It was then drilled for 4 5/16 inch aircraft bolts. The original sloped plate was marked and drilled to be tapped with 5/16 NC for the bolts. The two plates were then bolted together and test fitted to the mast. Scratch one item off the to-do list.
