Here's SNUPI, s l o w l y but surely moving toward the "finished" line !

[SNUPI a very modified WEEEKENDER]

This boat of "Ongoing Mods" really eats time ! I started out with an 118% version of a
Stevenson's WEEKENDER to facilitate a semi-civilized , small "w" , ~weekender ~ use !

Seems my 6' 2" carcass didn't fit too comfortably in a 5' ?" long cabin, and I really wasn't
keen on sleeping on the floor. Soooooo ..... the 118% scale provided room for a 7" long
"v" berth and the Tanzer 22 style roofline allowed for more headroom , plus a two level
forward hold.

The beam also grew to 6' 10". I could find no logical reason, other than looks
for the original smallish stern, sooooo...... up that went to 4 ' 10", giving a lot more
footroom ! The longer and wider cockpit allowed the use of a binnacle ........ and so it goes,
and will likely continue 'til she gets dunked, hopefully the early summer of 2003.

It just keeps growing & growing and with another "mod", then another, and so on !
But, I'M LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT ! Needless to say, I've blown the min. projected
$ 1,600 - $ 2,000 average building cost, "COMPLETELY" out of the water !

I really took a steep learning curve about sails , thanks completely to Peter Bell,
C.E.O. of DYNAWING Corp. Peter has been absolutely fantastic and with unbelievible
patience helping with the sail / mast design & details ! Thanks Peter !

Here's where Snupi is as of the 1st of Dec/2002

Graeme.... Nova Scotia

http://www.msnusers.com/weekendersnupi/shoebox.msnw

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[wolfietuk]

looking good.

Rick

[Concordia..41]

Looks like a lot of time, effort and thinking have gone into her in addition to all the materials. How long have you been working on her?

[SNUPI a very modified WEEEKENDER]

Hi .." -M"

Started actually making sawdust around the 1st week of March 2002. I'm a full time Realtor with Century 21, here in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, so a lot of my evenings & weekends are "toasted", so far as boat building is concerned.

...... Graeme

[Dave Hadfield]

Interesting! I like it, and your creativity.

If you don't mind satisfying my curiosity, what are the water ballast tanks made of, and how are they filled/emptied?

Have you ever sailed that kind of a rig before? What's it like? How is that "wing" supported ahead of the mast?

Are you a little tempted to make provision for a centerboard? (Actually, since you already have a shallow full keel, a daggerboard would be more practical and a lot easier to fit in.)

Will she be trailered often? Are you going to moor her in the Bay of Fundy where she'll rest on the mud at Low Tide?

Motor on the transom?

Looking forward to the launch pictures!

[Chris Gerkin]

You are doing great work. I think you will be finished ahead of me.

By the way my wife is a Realtor in Dallas, TX.

[SNUPI a very modified WEEEKENDER]

Hi Dave,
How goes the battle in Barrie ? I lived in Hamilton, (Stoney Creek then Hamilton Mtn.), for 3 yrs back in the early 60's and went on a fishing trip one weekend up to some stream around the Barrie area. As I recall, we didn't catch anything but a thousand little "Bluegills" and then got totally wasted at some "hotel" !

The vented ballast tanks are on the outside edges of the bunks and are made of marine plywood / baffles with 2 layers of 6 oz. glass & 6 coats of epoxy resin then painted on the inside. They will be filled, ( 8.5 imp. gal. ~ 85 lbs each) ) via a "fill fitting" on the foredeck, right beside the domestic water tank fill fitting, or can be filled via a drop down "scoop" mechanism, (inside the transom shroud), that's similar to the system used for water bombers. They are drained via a thru tramsom fitting. The system is plumbed with 1" clear poly tubing and stainless valves mounted on the lazarette.

I've been a "passenger", but never actually sailed in my life ! I've build 5 "stinkpots" of varying sizes, however this is my first " blowjob" ! Look at the wing sails at the "DYNAWING" site and you'll get an idea of the advantages of the "wing" type sail.
SNUPI's sail is actually a "rotating airfoil mast" modification of a true wing with a loose footed main sail. Here's the url for a very rough sketch of the system.

http://www.msnusers.com/weekendersnupi/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=7

I'm going to use high density 1' foam, fibreglassed, ribs with a teflon mast bearing, for the airfoil The airfoil itself will be sheathed with 1/2" high density foam , the leading & trailing edges will be structured of 1/8" plywood, then the whole shootin' match will get a fibreglass/epoxy covering.

The 20' inner mast will be 3 1/2" mildly tapered / laminated douglas fir with a 1" pvc liner to facilitate the internal halyards, wiring and antennae leads. Support is via a pair of shrouds on either side / aft of the mast and a forestay. Due to the mast/airfoil's height / length & size, ( 20' from the cabin top. ), there'll be no hinge point, but rather the inner mast will uncouple 4" above the cabin and the mast/ foil combo will rest in 2 padded transporting crutches.

The purpose of the rotating wingmast is that it points 10 - 14 degrees higher with less heeling, is considerably faster than a conventional sail AND apparently works really well in "Ghost" winds. Speed is not an issue, SNUPI's hull will NEVER be an American Cup winner !

Re: centerboard ~ Yes, I pre-fitted and structured the center 3/4" layer of the keel with "buried" pulleys, rollers & all s.steel fittings and an easily removable center keel section and retrofitting 40 inch x 11 inch "jack knife" keel, if required.

Trailered often ? Nope....... she'll be moored at the South Shore Marina in Chester Basin of Mahone Bay. ( just a 30 min. drive from Kentville.) Only 7' tides mean that I'll be able to go for a sail when I want to......... and not when the 52' tides of the Bay of Fundy
say I can !

The O.B. motor will be fitted in a cold-moulded recess on the s/b side of center.

Okay Dave........ so you're a pilot. Watcha fly and for whom ? Talk to me ! "Commercial" was my ambition years ago, but had to settle for a P. lic. I managed to get my night / aerobatic / float / 70% of my instrument rating, and 35 hours on an Aztec, but having a young family, ( read $$$ ), sorta squashed my commercial ambitions ! Sooooo, i just reverted to flying around the Maritimes, beating up the neighbours and generally just having fun for around 1500 hours.

Graeme.. Nova Scotia