Rain? boats are supposed to get wet!

rain it did not but wind it did not either so she got stuck in a BIG pile of weeeeds soooo pics will have to wait although i did get to thoroughly test the alden sloop before it sank again
but from the sailing i did do i can say i have no further issues with trimming then i already had

Originally Posted by bboarder711

...i did get to thoroughly test the alden sloop before it sank again

Uh oh! you were able to recover it?

yea i brought it in before it was too late i need to find away to reseal the hull

Is the issue due to it leaking or is it because the cockpit is open to the bilge?

leaking when i built her i did not seal the inside of the hull therefor when she sank the wood split which broke the glass skin on the outside

Ah!

Might be messy but you could tape up any cracks on the outside and slosh the inside with thinned epoxy. (remove tape once epoxy has set)

would be a shame not to be able to sail the alden anymore- you did a great job on that one too!

thanks yea that may work ill have to give it a go.

What works great (i used this on Somers which was leaking like a sif through the balsa) Is to slosh Waterbased Polyurethane Floor varnish on the inside, with the added comfort of being able to clean up stuff with water until it`s hardened. That sealed her up for good.

sub still needs to be fixed but i put on some new rigging and took the b40 out for a sail








I matched up against a soling 1 meter

Nice!

Yes.

Special thanks to Dean at http://hardware.scalemodelco.com/ for all the miniture harken winches and blocks. Great guy to work with. I can't wait to get my second order from him.
Hi, tried this link and it didn't work. Do you have a good one and were the prices good?

Nice boat, too.

Originally Posted by Schrott

pouring is easy and a lot of fun, it bubbles, it burns, it smells, crap flying around, real boys stuff.
Have a look at the pics.

I used Henries super patch floor latex leveler, the fom is a sheap tin bread form, and the lead weight is 4 1/4 pounds.

I like the floor patch stuff, because you can easily sand or file it into shape and a 25 pound bag is only 12 gringo dollas.

Where did you get the floor patch stuff and how do you make the form? I need to make a couple keel weights. I was looking at using clay or casting resin or latex, but that gets expensive for any large size weight. I'd appreciate any help.

i havnt actually herd from him in some time and something is up with his website.

try emailing him here miniatureharken@yahoo.com his name is Dean Derusha
or check these.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1240106
http://microyachts.com/Home_Page.php

also for keel weights i always have used plaster of paris as its cheap and easy to mix. just have a plug ready to go .