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The GX– 1 Steering—Finishing & Rigging
Adjustable Steering adapted from the Swedish Class III Iceboat (www.class3.net)
The Swedish Class III adjustable steering is simplicity and functionality at its best. And, it is very, very light weight! |
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Click on additional page numbers for continuing photos . Construction story and eventual sailing Reports will be forthcoming.
GX-1 INDEX PAGE 1 FUSELAGECONSTRUCTION PHOTOS PAGE 2
FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS PAGE 3 SPRINGBOARD AND PLANK CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS PAGE 4
MAST CONSTRUCTION PAGE 5 STEERING - FINISHING AND RIGGING PAGE 6
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First coat of primer goes on. |
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8 year old grandson Noah lends a helpful hand at sanding as he starts to dream of becoming the next generation of iceboater. |
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Final coat of 207. |
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A wood model of steering chock is used to align steering cable holes in hull. |
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Mast ball holes are installed. Boom mounting parts. |
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Block parts. Steering parts. Mast mounting parts. |
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Block sheaves, chock and mounting tabs. |
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Initial set up for measuring stays & trip wires. |
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The new two-place C-Skeeter trailer begins to take shape. The bed is 22 ft long by 36” w in front and 48” in rear. |
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Mast stays, steering cables & trip-wires. |
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SS steering chock |
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Front trip-wire tabs mounted to springboard |
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Attaching the boom mounts. Set up with the new stays to measure for boom finishing. Youngest grandson Aaron tries it out. |
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Springboard mounting plate. Plank mounting parts. |
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Installing the 13” chocks. Sheeting in for the first time. From the looks of the color, we better hurry! |
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Steering and trip wires |
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Views of the fully length-adjustable Swedish type steering. In a matter of seconds the steering bar can be adjusted from my 32” inseam to my 10 year old Grandson’s legs. In the photos above the length is set for me. Simply loosen the knot at the tiller post and pull back to length that fits you best, then retie a simple loop knot and sail away. A short tiller post can be slid into the 1” square tubing for steering around the pit and starting line. It could also be sued while sailing, but I prefer foot steering. Our fellow Swede sailors are pretty darn smart! The surplus steering cord has been simply wound around the steering bar as a means of out of the way storage. |
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The sidewalls are on the trailer with lots of bungee tie down tabs for the cover and the forward end of the cockpit trim is glued up and clamped on the jig. The trailer was test drove yesterday and it tracks and trails perfectly at 70mph. |
