Hello, Evelyn 32 forum!!
I just took on the restoration of the 1984 Evelyn 32, "Zingarella"!I (Italian for Gypsy..) am not sure what hull number but I'll see if I can figure that out later today. The boat has the inboard Yanmar diesel, freshly rebuilt. Like the other 'new owner' posting here, it has some soft spots in the deck where hardware was changed as well as around the forward hatch. It also has problems with the mast step and the apparently 'typical' keel sump structural problem, though I have it in the water now and I haven't noticed any movement underway. The plan is to fortify the keel and mast step over the winter for racing full tilt next year, meanwhile sail it on mild days only...
I have been perusing the various work shown here, and can "run the numbers", even perform composite FE analysis. Over the weekend, I TIG welded the stainless under the bottom ladder step, re-epoxied the fittings in place, and generally cleaned and cleaned!! Much better to have the stair back in operating condition and the boat in nicer shape!! It was rough when I got it.
I currently work as the Assistant Director of the Waterfront at St. Mary's College of MD, where I teach sailing, but I have an extensive background in designing hydrofoils, surface effect ships and other 'advanced marine vehicles'. I have my own company, Loheed Technologies, LLC (http://www.loheedtech.com/) as well as a partnership in another engineering firm known as Island Engineering, Inc. (http://www.islandengineering.com/). I spent 13 years as a technician in the "Rocket Labs" of Purdue University and am versed in fabricating in most any materials. A few years back LT and IEI collectively built "the largest, fastest, technically most complex model ever tested in the tow tank" for JJMA and the USN. It is a segmented surface effect ship concept known as the 'Sea Train'. I can analyze keel and rudder shapes, and have a 50" x 100" x 6" 3D CNC router in my shop that can do foil shapes as well as panel cutting (as a result of the Sea Train contract). I had begun building one design rudders, daggerboards and centerboards as well as composites fabrication but was offered my job at the College which is very appealing, now it's time get it going again. here at SMCM I am the delegate for CBYRA and also organize and score the Governor's Cup yacht race. I have a 35' x 60' shop facility and could expand it to twice that. Access has to be by trailer, there is no water depth in the cove by the building, but it was a truck maintenance facility so has plenty of 'headroom'. The facility also has a huge paint booth.
Regards and fair sailing!!
Rick Loheed
P.S. I can't wait to begin racing "Zingarella"!!