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The keel ballast bulb (part 50) is a sand-casting; for this reason the surface is not smooth, and may contain
traces of sand. This must be filed off before the bulb
is glued to the keel.
IMPORTANT:
lead is toxic.
Always use gloves when handling the material, take
great care to sweep away metal particles and filings
immediately, and dispose off them in the appropriate
way. It must not be ingested by man or beast!
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Fix the keel to the hull in the centre position, then
place the model in the boatstand, parallel to the
design waterline. Now hold the keel bulb against the
underside of the keel: the ballast bulb should lie
parallel to the waterline, or inclined slightly upward
towards the bow.
IMPORTANT:
it must not hang
down. When you have obtained this position, glue the
bulb to the keel using UHU acrylit or thick cyano.
Allow the adhesive to cure, then cut two 1.5 mm Ø
retaining pins (part 51) from the steel wire supplied,
and pass them through the keel bulb and the keel to
retain it.
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If you do not wish to use the keel bulb fairings, you
should finish the keel using the following procedure:
file the surface of the bulb as even, smooth and
symmetrical as possible, and fill any remaining holes
(e.g. using Order No. 924). Sand the filler back flush
when hard.
NOTE:
the smoother the surface of the
keel bulb, the lower the water resistance; careful work
pays dividends here.
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Alternatively you can fit the keel bulb fairings (part
52). In this case you must sand away the lead bulb
until the shells are a snug fit round it.
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Screw the keel to the hull using a washer (part 43)
and the retaining nut (part 53); this holes the hull in a
more stable position in the boatstand for the following
stages.
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The rubber gasket (part 54) is glued in the canopy
(part 55) using cyano. Don’t cut the cord to final
length until you are just about to join the ends.
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To complete the mast (part 56) you require the
aluminium mast sleeve (part 57) and the hardwood
dowel mast base (part 58). Sand the hardwood dowel
until it is an easy sliding fit inside the mast, then glue
it in the end of the carbon fibre tube. Sand the end
flat, and round off the end slightly. Cut the aluminium
mast sleeve to a length of 115 mm, and insert it in the
mast opening.
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Slide the main boom bracket (part 59) and the mast
plate (part 60) down over the mast sleeve until they
rest on the deck. Check that everything is central,
then fix the mast plate to the deck using fillister-head
screws (part 33).
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Assemble the main boom swivel bracket (part 61), the
washer (part 35) and the swivel axle (part 62), and
check that the axle rotates very freely; if not, sand it
to ease the fit.
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Glue the main boom (part 64) in the main boom
sleeve (part 63). Screw the clamp nut (part 66) into
the depressor (part 65).
TIP:
the correct thread is on
the end with the notch. Push a large annular clamp
(part 67) onto the main boom, fit one end of the
depressor into the annular clamp and secure it with a
retaining screw (part 68). Don’t tighten the screw fully
