I put the mast up!
I moved the boat out from in fromt of the house to mount the rudder. I had to make a pintle and move the one that was mounted. To check the fit, I backed the boat to the edge of the wall in front of the house and hung the rudder over the edge. It's not quite as smooth swinging as I would like, but it will do. I then parked the boat in the back and put the mast up. There is no foot to the mast so I surfed the net and phoned mast manufacturers and marine suppliers to no avail. I've decided to make a foot from wood and screw it to the step on the cabin top. The pictures show the jib... I guess it's a storm jib, the rudder pintles in their new positions and the mast step. I bought an old sail on e-bey. When the sail arrives I'll have to figure out how much I need to alter it, then I want to get this beast into some water to see what else I haven't thought of!
posted by Zombi at 5:26 PM
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I sailed last weekend - just a sea trial. I made a polytarp mainsail and launched in Dorchester bay. No good pictures because I didn't have a photorgapher allong. The daggerboard needed some sanding at the top (since done), but it sailed and the anchor held (I was surprised by this). I had to clamp a thimble to the forestay because West Marine only had one swag fitted threaded rod for a turnbuckle and it didn't fit my stay cable properly and their hand swagger was too big for the fitting.
So far this is the work I can think of that I've done:
major cleaning
sand, glass and paint cockpit deck
Make a daggerboard (scrap wood)
make mast step (wood)
make pintle for rudder (mild steel)
make anchor (mild steel)
make tiller
move and lube trailer winch
replace a few lines
mount trailer lights
buy a sail and make temp. sail
so far I'm progressing nicely!
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