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I am happy to say that my son and I, were able to pour our 165 lb version of an easter egg today,,, it seemed fitting.

Geoff,
How did the pour go? Any problem with the lead cooling while pouring with a ladle?
I'm trying to figure out how to pour in one single effort.
Noel

noemar wrote:Geoff,
How did the pour go? Any problem with the lead cooling while pouring with a ladle?
I'm trying to figure out how to pour in one single effort.
Noel

...how about a pot th'shape of the bulb??

If I were to do it again.... I would put two large 3" holes in the mould, to fill the bulb from, maybe tilt the bulb to each side to fill the ends, then pour the middle with the bulb level. I ran out of tire weights and had a small void to fill the next day. All in all,,, it was easy to do with the turkey fryer, I used less then (1) full propane tank, If using the used tire weights you need to add in for the weight of the steel clips, (which was more then I would have thought). To answer your question, the lead wants to mound up as it cools, and I think tilting the mold to either side and then pouring the middle would work best.
Mark

I did have two holes for for pouring in the lead and for allowing the steam to vent (no matter how dry you think the mold is, there is stills one moisture in there). If I had it over again, I would have put three holes.

One thing that I did do well is that i put one end of the mold on a 4x4 and the other on a hydraulic hand jack. This allowed me to easily adjust the angle of the mold in order for the lead to get to the ends. You can just see a bit of the jack in the picture



The little stainless steel ladle in the picture was just used for skimming the surface of the lead. I used a Rowell cast iron ladle which allowed me to pour maybe 15 or 20 lbs at a time. Like everything else on the boat, if you could do it a second time, it would be easier, better, etc. However, it was good enough. . .

Phil

.umm,,happy easter-as close to an eggshape as you're likely to get.......
.....while the keel was out for a rebuild,necessitated by leading and trailing edge wear and exposed epoxy/cloth surface,,, I managed to follow through with a bulb overhaul as well.
...I took a max+ weight,,raw finish bulb down in weight,,,as I prefer to centralize weight to the hull and don't believe the boat needs the max-keel weight.
....I took the weight off the tail,,although not a conventional or most efficient shape,,it accomplishes an overall forward movement of bulbweight,,anything to get the stern out in my books,,,,and also accomplishes a minimum wetted surface

...the blade got 6x8oz carbon on the trailing edge,,the leading edge gained ~4 layers...I wonder who'll win the next time I run through some fishline?

Looks good, almost a U20 keel in reverse.....What weight did you drop it to?. Please share your findings as far as performance.

This should probably be moved to the "building" section of the forum

i550sailor@aol.com wrote:Looks good, almost a U20 keel in reverse.....What weight did you drop it to?. Please share your findings as far as performance.

....just dropped on the scales for 158#,,bulb/finn & fittings...

.....I'm hunching that the short shape will not turbulate too bad at upwind speeds,,,and not much more than any other when it's planeing
......if it turbulates and vibrates a lot,,,I guess I'll go with my 2nd boatname....'rumblefish'




...how do you spell...'play-ning' anyways??

Who is the closest, i550 to Colorado?,,,, I am feeling the need for a road trip on my motorcycle, and a good regatta.

Depends on where you are in Colorado. It is about a 15hr drive from here to Denver. Only one i550 sailing right now, Steve is still building his and is getting closer. Crew is always welcome.

http://www.jacomosailingclub.org/schedule/
I've done a little sailing with theses guys in Windmills, but almost all their races are open and scored Portsmouth. KC is a 9.5 hour drive from Denver. A bit of a trek for a day's racing, but maybe one of the dates works.
Or pick a race in OK or TX and I'll meet ya there!

i550sailor@aol.com wrote:Who is the closest, i550 to Colorado?,,,, I am feeling the need for a road trip on my motorcycle, and a good regatta.

....or consider a trip to the dark side........you know you want to!

The driving time from Portland, Oregon to Denver, Colorado is::::: 18 hours, 34 minutes
.........I'm sure you'd knock a few hours out of this on your hog


http://www.travelmath.com/driving-time/ ... Denver,+CO

Chad wrote:http://www.jacomosailingclub.org/schedule/
I've done a little sailing with theses guys in Windmills, but almost all their races are open and scored Portsmouth. KC is a 9.5 hour drive from Denver. A bit of a trek for a day's racing, but maybe one of the dates works.
Or pick a race in OK or TX and I'll meet ya there!

As per this 8 hours 30 mins if you are driving from Kansas City to Denver is 972.33 km

http://www.distancemonk.com/Kansas+City/Denver/8+hours+26+mins/972.33/

Hah. We have this discussion in the car all the time, as my wife navs with her Android/Google, and I use my iPhone and Apple map. Mine always shows a much longer time which is close to realistic when I'm pulling a trailer; hers is right when we drive 10mph over for the whole trip.

Are you somewhere along the Denver/KC route, perhaps?