Thought I’d start a new thread fitting the bulkheads and the bow work is kind of interesting for those that want to follow along. The tube is done - the Kevlar was an afterthought it would have been easier to wrap the tube and reinforced the bulkhead before mounting both in the hull, I’ll have to make a note of that.

The first bulkhead will have the forward chain plate mounted to it. Pictured below the bulkhead is tacked in place with bog, leveled, and duct taped to dry overnight. Once dry the starboard hull half needs to be fitted and the bulkhead shaped if needed. The forward chain plate location will be determined and the mounting holes marked for the chain plate. The mounting holes will be over drilled by 1” and the Delron rod cut and glued in each hole. Then the bulkhead will be glassed in place on the port hull half with Kevlar for strength, (already has 600 grams of carbon on each face in the chain plate area) and to keep the Delron plugs in place. The Delron plugs are to prevent the machine screws from pulling through the foam core material and the Kevlar for shear strength transferred from the chain plate.

Attached Files
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sprit bow view
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sprit aft view
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Mike Shappell
www.themanshed.com
TMS-20 Builder
G-Cat 5.7 - Current Boat
NACRA 5.2 - early 70's