I have been working to digitize the Skipjack plans for the SIMBC and will be printing these out soon for everyone to review, but I wanted to open this forum first to provide everyone a chance to let me know about any corrections to the plans that have been talked about in the past and I may not have heard about since I am such a new member. Some of the items that I have corrected on the plans are as a result of discussions within these forums already such as the angle on the transom block, and some I discovered as I was attempting to "digitally" assemble the parts into a scale drawing of the model such as the angle on the longhead.

Since my CAD program allows me to assemble various drawings into a completed whole, I have also been able to assemble all of the drawings into a "scaled" representation of the model, so we no loner have to say "Not to Scale" on Page 1.
The larger model displayed will be 1/2" to 1", and the smaller model is 1/4" to 1"

I expect to complete the plans very soon and will bring a full size printout to one of the next meetings. All I have left to complete is the sectionals for the keel. Since I purchased an additional keel I intend to take some measurements off of the actual keel and compare to the original plans before completing that portion of the drawing.

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I recently had a discussion with the SIMBC group during the last monthly meeting, and thought I would relay what we discussed.

For the rudder servo, a standard size high torque servo is recommended. The rudder servo is located in the wheelhouse at the stern of the vessel and its wiring passes through a hole in the deck inside of the wheelhouse.

For controlling the sails, I have been shown 2 arrangements so far. There is the Dumas Sail control that uses a servo to control the power/direction of a motor powered gear reduction unit that moves a large sail control arm. The other option is a sail winch. These sail winches are generally about twice the size of a standard servo and they are set up with a continuous loop arrangement that shuttles the sail control back and forth. This is the arrangement I chose for my boat, and though she has not seen the water yet, the pulley system seems to be very easy to set up and adjust.

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