Recent content by ylojelo

yes, that is what I did, bought the piece from Alan and I was good to go. As with all these deck pieces, because you can't be sure how well the wooden backing plate is secured to the inside of the deck, do one screw at a time. Unscrew one, loosen the second, rotate the plate and screw in the...

I bought a replacement from Alan Glos on this forum. On mine, the nylon (?) pulley had been worn down, so all I had to do was screw in the replacement. you may try the hardware store for chain links ( http://www.kmsinc.net/chain-connectors.htm) or a heavy split-ring.

my 74 SF came from saltwater. Recently the corroded bow handle snapped while pulling the boat up an incline. The knock-off replacement from Intensity is solid stainless

http://tinypic.com/r/2nb4x2b/7 no rain, this was Saturday (gusty), Sunday had better weather, but no time.

I tried an old crank off a boat trailer to haul the SF up the track. It was too low to the ground I think, and it pulled my stake out. But the track alone allows me to pull it up by my self.

winds bustin 15 knots for Saturday. Hope the old sail can handle it. http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/smith_mountain_lake&wf_cmp=7

yuck. No, not bad enough for me to worry about metal poisoning my blood stream.

Mine broke due to 30 years of salt water so it saved my boat. I think the weak point is the deck, so any bow handle will work.

my hope with the track is that it won't be too much stress on the bow handle. BTW: The Intensity Sails replacement bowhandle is solid stainless steel, better than the original chromed pot metal.

here is my solution so far

alright, I built this track out of 10 ft drain pipe and I could pull the boat up the incline over rocks fairly easily. Next step is a winch.

as I have found out, with me pushing the transom and my friend pulling a line attached to the bow handle getting the boat off the beach and up a hill. The handle snapped. (I am currently making a skid using a pair of 10 foot 4" sewer pipes, I'll let you know how it goes. I needed the skid...

I don't know. I figured I was there with epoxy so I might as well fill them.

hey, that works! Ive been uploading mine to photobucket or tinypic.com, but this is much faster

yes, mine are 58"