… and reducing the sail lockers.
I have decided to join some of my fellow 44C builders who have moved this bulkhead already. We experienced this when visiting on board ‘Out of the Bag’. This gives a little more room to set the Lavac head back away from the shower.
So.. just cut out the bulkheads, reshape and fit, fillet and tape back in.
I needed to use a saw that would be able to get up close to the taped edge of the bulkhead,and cut through the glass and balsa. I had been advised that Japanese pull saw are just the best for accuracy and ease. I could also see the saw would flex up close. Whilst buying one, I also bought a Chinese made push and pull coping saw.
As you can see from the next photo, the pull saw does well with the Balsa however the Eglass knocked out a huge number of teeth in the blade after about 600mm of cutting.
The coping saw’s blade was excellent but the handle did not cope and broke very soon. After getting a Danish made coping saw, I had no further problems and there were soon ex-bulkheads.
The remains in the old location are used to check the new distance forward, then will be ground away.
The reshape involved a lot of hull measurements at the new location and transfer to the bulkhead panel.
Apart from a quick check to a note small differences in the starboard hull, this was a simple lay on to match the deck edges, trace the edge and cut.
The Scrumble Project 