Thanks Ludwig, I do have to warn any newbies to the site not to use me as a "How To"; tune into the likes of Ron for that. I am more of a "How not to"!
Anyway, call to the boss this morning, cough, sneeze, "don't worry I will be in, just got to wait for the vet to come check out my chickens, they are coughing and sneezing too.... What? Take the day off? Oh, work from home, yeah sure, I can do that, I'll get cracking on that report right away!"
4mm ply deck fitted, check out the transom, the plans show it as part of the other bulkheads, but do not allow for the fact it is angled, so you have to increase the height of it to allow for the angle, with me? The plans show it foreshortened in effect, it threw me out previously and I ended up with a sharp drop in deck level at the stern.
The cutouts for the mortar well, VDS and superstructure have only been roughed out, I will finish them up in situ, simply because I find it easier once the ply is solidly attached and not vibrating and flopping around on the workbench. Also still to do is the ramp section on the focsul.
I could not persuade the ply to follow the camber at the forepeak so I will reinforce that area and screw the ply down to form the camber, this only exists at the very peak of the focsul.
Note for Leanderphiles: the VDS or Variable Depth Sonar was Canadian, the MOD tried to design its own but gave up. There were never enough VDSs purchased and the last Leanders were not even fitted with a VDS well. Use was phased out on all leanders by the late 80's
The VDS was regarded as essential to probe the "shadow zone" formed by sudden changes in ocean temperature at depth, submarines can hide in this layer as normal sonar is deflected away.
The VDS was replaced by helicopter dipping sonars and an increased realiance on passive sonar technology.
