{"id":569,"date":"2023-12-13T21:56:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T21:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/?p=569"},"modified":"2023-12-16T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T17:24:54","slug":"keel-welding-and-drilling-the-keel-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":"Keel welding and drilling the keel bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is a detailed plan from B&B Yachtdesign of the keel construction. When i purchased the ClassGlobe plans, i also get the CNC-files for the keel fabrication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The keel is a safety-critical component of any sailboat. Therefore, it is better not to make compromises. Profiling the keel fin is a sweaty job that can hardly be done with amateur tools and anyway the welding must be done by a certified welder. I had the keel fin cut according to the CNC-file a year ago. My boat building colleague Christian (CG #103) rented his workshop from a metal construction company. The staff helped us in questions of keel fabrication and welding. Before welding, we had the keel fin profiled from a professional CNC-cutting company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weld 15mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Signing the ClassGlobe welding certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keel welding certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the drill holes in the bulbs, Christian and I first built a wooden plate as a drilling jig using a keel fin template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more information how i build and cast the keel bulb here:\u00a0 (see my blog:\u00a0https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/?m=202208<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With this jig we were able to transfer the drilling position and fix the bulbs in the drill machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First we drilled the recesses with a 30mm Forstner bit and then drilled through the keel bulbs with a 13mm drill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once again, the construction of the ClassGlobe proves to be very compatible with the standard Euro pallet format and loading space of my VW transporter. With a little balancing you can heave the 105 kg keel fin onto the loading area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a detailed plan from B&B Yachtdesign of the keel construction. When i purchased the ClassGlobe plans, i also get the CNC-files for the keel fabrication. The keel is a safety-critical component of any sailboat. Therefore, it is better not to make compromises. Profiling the keel fin is a sweaty job that can hardly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604,"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minisailer.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}