Chines 2

Added "preliminary" chines - the natural way of bending wood leaves frame #3 and #4 corners exposed. Still confused.

Movies 2

Watched also the two movies that I was going to on Monday.

Deep Water (2006) "Deep Water is the true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. The round the world sailing event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas." I found it interesting to a certain stage where where it became psycho-drama.

Dead Calm (1989) "Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, a gorgeous 60 ft ketch, and a dying schooner. An intense thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It has only one negative, and that's the way it ended. Other than that, it's a great movie, skillfully directed to keep the blood pounding, even after repeated viewings. And it's a wonderful sailing movie! Except for the first ten minutes, it takes place entirely at sea, and was in fact shot in the Whitsunday Passage in Australia. The boat handling looked real and the way the two characters handle the challenges presented them are very believable. As in The Riddle of the Sands, the difficulty of navigating under adverse conditions was utilized perfectly to heighten the tension, and to make it a more believable sailing film. This movie, in my opinion, is runner-up to White Squall and The Bounty as the best sailing movie not based on classic literature, and is sitting on the fence for that 5th star." To me it reminded too much of those early 90's super exagerated thrillers that look silly at a certain point. Picture was nice but I would not keep it waiting on the fence for that 5th star as YachtPals do.

Whatched also the White Squall - that talking about dead bodies in the previous movie post was not true. Actually I mixed it up with another movie then. Well this real White Squall movie I really enjoyed. Would suggest it to anyone.

Attaching transom

While being ill now for a few days already my sick mind kept tinkering on how to best fix the quite heavy transom to the whole boat assembly while epoxy cures, and the toughest, keep it level, at correct angle and rigid. This is what I came up with today:

Took a basic old carpenters stool (or whteva it is called), a pair of piano hinges and voila! It turned out easily adjustible levelwise as well as anglewise. Now, let the epoxy cure.

Movies

Sittin home, being sick, again. Would be a nice time to do some boat building but feeling too bad, at least today.
On the other hand, it is a time to do some bloggin, some movie watchin and other things of this kind.
First I'd like to share some boat movies I have already watched. For reference I used the movie list from YachtPals site.

• Cassandras Dream (2007)
  "Woody Allen movie with a pretty little 25 footer in it. Big stars (Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor) and pretty entertaining." I found this movie being in very little connection with boats. Still ok to watch as a criminal drama.
• Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
  "Teen idol Zac Efron stars in a movie which features small boat sailing and includes a story line about around the world yacht racing. From imdb: Charlie St. Cloud is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother. So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with his brother though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother (Sam) each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl comes into Charlie's life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves." This one liked from sailing perspective, although schizo,but the story line was grabbing too.
• Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
  "Based on the Patrick O’Brien books, Screen play and direction by Peter Weir, starring Russell Crowe as Capt. “Lucky” Jack Aubrey. The movie starts and ends with the sound of the wind, and is quite simply the best movie ever made about the age of fighting sail. They managed to make this as historically accurate as Hollywood gets, and totally immersed the audience in the experience of being on an 18th century frigate. While the naval battle sequences are quite fantastic, the film is successful because director Weir chose to build the story by getting to know the men who are locked aboard the tight quarters of a small ship and how they interact everyday. The officers and the mates are well-known by the time the final battle comes. The sound effects editing alone is incredible, and that sound team was robbed of the Oscar." This one I watched already a while ago but remember it being a good one.
• Riddle of the Sands (1979)
  "Simply the all-time best small-boat sailing/adventure movie! The movie manages to capture the spirit and ambiance of Erskine Childers' 1903 novel, and, with the exception of deleting the Baltic sequences, and the character of Capt. Bartels, remained remarkably faithful to the book. Simon MacCorkindale and Michael York are perfect as Davies and Carruthers, and are well supported by a superb cast, including Jenny Agutter, Jurgen Andersen, and Alan Badel. All the elements that made the book a classic are here. A must-see for all sailors." Really good one, very influencing, I am convinced now that one day I will sail (or maybe fly) the North German islands myself.
• Waterworld (1995)
  "Okay, it's flawed but hey, Kevin Costner as the sailor of the future, versus Dennis Hopper as the evil stinkpotter, that works for me. Oscar nomination for Best Sound. Razzie nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Costner), Worst Director (Kevin Reynolds - with an assist to Costner) and Worst Supporting Actor (Hopper). Picky picky picky! This movie is actually pretty entertaining, if you think of it as “Mad Max goes to sea”." Film involved a lot of sailing but it was not really much about sailing. Watched it looooong ago and not crazy about watching again.
• White Squall (1996)
  "A modern story of tall ship sailing, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jeff Bridges. Based on a true story, this is the best sailing movie not based on a classic novel, and ranks as one of the best sailing movies ever made. The story, sailing, and acting are all excellent." Also watched loooong ago, remember only the big waves and dead people. Will have to see again.
• Wind (1992)
  "Lightweight, but enjoyable. The fictionalized story of the '87 America's Cup. Preferable to the real thing since Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey are better-looking and far more likable than Dennis Conner. With the exception of one small scene, all the sailing was filmed on the water, using real twelve meters. For the crews, they recruited real sailors, and taught the stars to sail. This, of course, made for some very believable sailing scenes, which made up for a rather unbelievable story. Grey reportedly became an enthusiastic sailor, and bought herself a sailboat." Watched recently, was interesting for me as yachting sports dummie, don't know what the pros say.

So, what about today? Gonna try to get Dead Calm with Ms Kidman or the 2006 Deep Water. Will report when seen.

Chines

Working now on chines. Trying to bend the chines along the edges of mould frames proved frame #1 slightly not-in-place. To my understanding, when I attach the chine, it should "find" the frame corners smoothly itself.
Hmmm... will have to address my expert-friend now.

Epoxy

Yesterday I bought an epoxy set - the 331 - the most basic and most popular one. Well, this is a whole new world for me. Even when I was building an airplane I for 90% used PVA (polyvinylacetate), for 9% it was PUT (polyurethane) and only the remaining 1% maybe was epoxy. So, me is totally not an expert in this.
The main thing that worries me is mixing. My [lovely wife's kitchen] scales have only 1g resolution but the epoxy has to be mixed 100g resin to 14.5g curing agent... well, let us see then. Going to workshop to try it out now.