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We are building a Dudley Dix designed, CKD Boats kit, of an Open 6.50 Meter or "Mini".

Ours will have the canting keel and water ballast.

We live in Phoenix, Arizona USA, and plan to sail it in Southern California costal races,

as well as our local racing and just sailing a fast boat!

News & Progress:   Here is the blow by blow coverage!

Latest Build Photos.

 

   
24 July 08. Keel primer.          
Back at work! Did some final sanding and then painted one side with primer paint.
21 June 08. More keel fairing.          
Finished with the keel fairing today. Sealed the exposed core cell foam in the axle area with epoxy. Also sealed with epoxy, the LED light bars for the inside.

We are off to help with the West Coast Mini Race from Victoria BC to San Diego CA with a stop in San Francisco CA. 

See June Pix

19 & 20 June 08. Drilling holes.          
Thanks to Dean W. for some great advice on how to drill in thick stainless! The key point was slow speed. Also using good cutting fluid and carbide bits. I started with the battery powered drill in the screw setting, so it was running slow. Only problem was the battery could only do two holes before needing to be recharged and because I used the battery up so fast is was hot. So it would have to cool down before it would take a charge. Switched to the cord drill motor and was very careful not to run it fast. Because it was turning slow with a high load it too quickly became too hot to handle. The fact it was over 110 degrees here did not help any. So drill a couple of holes, fair keel, drill a couple of holes, fair keel......
09 June 08. Back to fairing the keel.         
Tried a dry fit of the keel, bearings and wet box today. Found that the keel will not fit through the slot in the box because it is not faired. So out with the longboards and fairing compound.
08 June 08. Light switches.          
Started the day by drilling the mounting bolt holes for the keel bearings in the wet box. Then tried to drill the holes in the stainless plate of the bearing holders. Well 6 burned up drill bits later and all I had was 3 holes. Ordered new bits and moved on to a funner project. Built up some LED reading lights and switches for general cabin lighting.
02 & 03 June 08. More of the keel bearing holders.          
Continued with grinding the stainless steel keel axle bearing holder and polishing it smooth. Also ground out the corners of the carbon fiber box and finally I was happy with the fit of the holders. Covered the holders with mold release and packing tape. Make a wooden dowel to simulate the keel axle as I put epoxy bog around the holders for a good fit in the box. Also covered the back of the floorboards with epoxy.

Just knocked out the holders from the epoxy before it got too hard. Some work involved to get them to break free. But after the packing tape was pulled off, I've got a good fit.

See June Pix

28 May 08. Wet box work.          
Cut the slot for the keel in the bottom of the wet box. Finished with the grinding off of the corners of the keel bearing holders. Then worked at getting a good fit with the holders and the bottom of the box.

See May Pix

26 & 27 May 08. Floor boards and Single point lift point done!          
Installed lock in the main hatch. Drilled the holes for the single point lift point bushings and epoxied them in place. Covered the floor boards with 2 coats of epoxy.
Past build progress continues here.           

 

 

 
 

Photo Album                                                                          

    Latest build photos.

 

 

 Build Days Schedule:  
Due to my non-normal work schedule, boat "work" days are on my days-off.

Tentative boat "work" days:

July 25, 26, 27.

July 31, Aug 1, 2.

Please call my cell number before dropping by: 602-326-3381

Or Email me.

Thanks.

 

 
 

A scale comparison of the Didi Mini and the J/24.

 

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