Saturday, January 11, 2014

Swordfish PCR

Some perspective on hull shapes. Right Mako Millenium, Left Swordfish. Bows are level.

I had to remove this deck area to repair impact damage which eased PCR modification.

Foam stringer had broken free of the hull and was way off centre.

Unmodified Swordfish rudder tube looking aft.

At the same time I also removed the foot well deck and scuppers as I wanted my heels as low as possible. That's the bog between the hull and foot well which I had to cut and chip out.


I can't remember the exact amount but heels are 35 to 40 mm lower.


Lead light inside curing resin on fabricated flange for deck replacement.


New deck flange being held in place with everything available.

Here's the PCR angle of around 23 degrees with a long rod in the new rudder tube.

New rudder showing new shaft angle.

Crude vacuum bag using excess cloth to absorb excess epoxy.

The finished foot well with the area in front of the pedals filled with foam. No longer adjustable. Ski in the background is another project.

Bullet scuppers are aligned on the center line in series. The lead bullet is under the foam with a channel to the well.
Tandem Bullets seem to be unaffected by their proximity to each other. Witness mark of old scupper alongside aft Bullet.

Better view of the new foot well


 PCR:
 IMO the PCR rudder has transformed the wave riding performance of the Swordfish as it did for my Millenium (Long story but the Millenium got trashed when I got caught in the impact zone with "Dungeons" breaking at 22 foot. Jetski towing in surfers hauled me out and a ferry found the ski.)
Broken into three. Seat raised 50mm or so. Yellow is discoloured foam to displace water.

 I would never have gone to the trouble I did if I wasn't so impressed with the improvement in my Millenniums performance.

Foot Well:
Also worth the trouble for me. I 'fall over backwards' when my heels are too high so I normally raise my seat (50mm on my Millenium). It's so simple and I'm surprised manufacturers don't do this. The only drawback is that there is more volume to be filled with water when stopped or being swamped but the foam forward of the pedals and the bullet scuppers take care of this in no time.






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