RAKU 44 BUILD GALLERY
Latest Photos on top. Scroll to the bottom to see the start of the project.
Many thanks to Gabriel Penido from Magma Yachts for forwarding the videos and images on display on the this page.
LAUNCH DAY
FINAL DAYS IN THE FACTORY
RUDDERS AND STOCKS
FOREBEAM AND BOW SPAR
FORE BEAM AND BOW SPAR BUILD AND ASSEMBLY PROCESS
The forebeam and bow spar are both made from foam/glass CNC panels with unidirectional carbon tapes to provide strength and stiffness to resist the rig loads.
The two components are built separately. The bow spar is open at the top and is fitted up to the fore beam by cutting a notch in the sides of the spar after the fore beam has been installed. The joining of the forebeam and the spar is completed while the top of the spar is open, and the longitudinal integrity of the spar is repaired with carbon tapes.
The standard bow spar terminates level with the bows at the waterline and does not require any brace wires. This Raku 44 is being fitted with the extended bow spar which will be braced to the inboard sides of the hulls.
MAKING FOREBEAM
Fore beam laid up in female mould with flanges for vacuum infusion
ASSEMBLY-2
Raku 44 in the background. construction of Raku 44#2 begins assembly in the foreground
CABIN TOP AND DECKS
WING DECK FORWARD CURVE
TOOLING FOR RUDDERS AND DAGGER BOARDS
DAGGER CASE
ASSEMBLY-1
INFUSING PANELS
BATTEN MOULD FOR HULL SHOE
The hull shoes for Raku 44 #1 were built with foam/glass strips over mould frames as shown below. For Raku 44#2 Magma Yachts built a solid male mould and infused the laminate over the mould.
HULL SHOES SET UP FOR ASSEMBLY
PLANKING HULL SHOES
The strips were cut from full length panels which were infused full length in VE resin with Divinycell cores. Using broader strips reduces the number of glue joins but finer strips create a fairer surfaces that requires less sanding and less filler.
Note that the king plank (the full length plank just above the opening) has been carefully aligned along the bilge curve, and then the planking line has been reset below the bilge curve. This is so that none of the planks will have to cross the bilge curve at an angle that would induce twisting in the planks.
Setting up the lines for infusion of full length panels to make the strips for the hull planking. See a time lapse video on our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxJOdBw30eQ
MOULD FRAMES ON STRONGBACK
MATERIALS
