Page 4 - Panamuna Details Oct 5 2020

RACER FOR PORT PHILLIP

Generally speaking, however, we are advised that the
construction will be double-skinned huon pine, the inner
skin being diagonal and the outer skin longitudinal, the total
thickness of planking being 13/lfiin. The frames are
laminated in ash finishing l^in. x l^in., spaced on Sin.
centres amidships, gradu ating to wider spacings at the
extremities.
Ample floors will be provided, particularly over the lead
keel, which will be supported by a series of lin. diameter
stainless steel bolts, set in pairs, which extend from the top
of the floor through the keel into the lead. A kelson and
substantial re-enforcing at the mast-step is incorpora ted in
the design.
The decks will be of plywood, covered in colored,
grained plastic fabric which should look attractive and
provide an excellent protection for the deck construction.
This in itself is an interesting innovation in deck covering,
and being non-absorbent, not subject to rot and requiring no
painting should be a verv successful medium for the
purpose.
Sails for the new sloop are being made by 1. Radio &
Sons, and will be set on grooved mast and spars with
Simpson and Lawrence roller reefing equipment.
Design of " Panamuna" is well away from that of "Scorn IV". Photo
ACCOMMODATION • shows hull ready for planking.
Being intended primarily for Fort Phillip racing, will lie oilskin and accessory lockers, while sails and extras
accommodation has not been overstressed, but the will be stowed in the fo’castlc. accessible through a
stateroom will have full headroom; forward of this
spacious hatch on the foredeck.
In settling on this design, both designer and owner
agreed that existing class restrictions would be ignored if it
meant lowering the potential sjjeed of the yacht or
increasing the cost of construction. Therefore, while the
new sloop has been built to no particular rule, a check of the
lines and sail plan produced a figure of 7.98 metres based
on International Metre Rule and under R.O.R.C. a rated
waterline length of S3 feet.
In view of these circumstances there appears no reason
w'hy this interesting design should not give a good account
of itself in the 8 metre fleet, against which it will be racing
on Port Phillip Bay.
Speaking of Panarnurna Finlay says : “As for Uffa Fox's
new' Flying 35, this design of ours will make a very
interesting comparison; they arc both primarily light
displacement hulls of about the same size, the big
difference being that Uffa apparently has gone for a
straight-out down-the-wind yacht, whereas we, while not
sacrificing down-the-wind qualities, have also kept in mind
the fact that in most yacht races the leg to- windward is a
Dwarfed by aft section of hull skeleton, most important one."
designer-builder Eric Montgomery looks prouds
of his new creation.
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