Did a bit of wetsanding this morning, had some help from my little one Sierra. She does a really good job, she wants to be a carbon monkey when she grows up, but I need to get her a better fitting mask and smaller gloves. She really wanted to help and I couldn't say no. Didn't let her work to long because that duratec residue can be a little much. But I let her get a little taste. Its in the DNA. Grandpa, dad, now her. The tools are coming along, been doing other project related things but I'll get back in the build groove 100% soon.
On the foil front, new "super high tech" foils are in the works for this machine. That part of the project is shrouded in secrecy, but eventually will come to light. All the cutting edge tweaks you've come to expect from this black art are being included, so hold tight. I have given the designer (not me) total creative control of the design, lets just say things are looking super fast so far and that I'm really excited. Can't wait to get started on the High-temp/autoclave/prepreg moulds for them.
I also had a long Skype session with Alex Vallings from C-tech about carbon tubing, a custom 2 piece HM 42mm carbon stick and boom for the beast, so I'm really excited about that as well. A 2 piece High Modulus mast for less than $1000USD, that might be the best deal in all of sailing.
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