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That looks great!! I am planning on mounting 2 panels myself, but have a slightly different idea. I don’t know if it will work, but time will tell.
Hello everyone! Sorry I haven’t been active much these last few months, but I hope everyone is gearing up for a wonderful season of sailing!
I certainly hope that you can find one!! I know they are very expensive to recreate from scratch.
Hey all, Thanks for the encouragement, been working hard trying to get things finished as the weather warms up!
I also stepped on my phone… so I am waiting on a replacement! I have a couple of pics of my most recent project, a DIY battery box for some Lithium Ion Phosphate battery cells, which I built from 1/8″ thick by 1″ angled aluminum, 1/4″ acrylic. All held together with 1/4 » SS threaded rod, lock nuts and washers. I used 1/8″ copper bar for connectors for the negative terminal to the BMS (battery management system), and used 6, 8, and 2 AWG wires. I had to learn a lot about wiring, shrink wrap, etc. etc.!
I used thickened Epoxy to connect the aluminum to the acrylic, after scuffing them both up well with 80 grit sandpaper.
That’s a responsibility I would gladly accept:) All the people I have interacted with here certainly give me a very good impression of my fellow sailors on the other side of the pond!
Hello everyone! I have made some charges to my boom, and was working on the cast aluminum portion. I used thickened epoxy to secure new fair leads and cam cleats, and it appears to be holding well.
I have done a fair bit of research on attaching things to thin aluminum masts and booms, and you realistically only have three choices: screws, rivets, or you drill through the mast and bolt from the other side (through-bolting).
The most secure method is through bolting, but obviously that creates a lot of holes in your mast. It really is toss up between the screws and rivets, but the deciding factor in my opinion is your level of experience. the problem with creating a screw hole is that aluminum is very soft, and you can strip the threads of you aren’t careful.
Blind pop rivets are very easy to use and are considered to be very secure as long as you pick the right size and material.
So after all that, I would suggest you go with a good quality rivet.
Last night I finished the first layer of glass over the balsa core roof!
today I sand it down and apply coat #2, and then it will be pretty much finished. 
