joe c
banned
Ordered up the line kit and have it. got a collapsible paddle from west marine. it fits perfect in the aft storage. just gotta figure out how im going to secure it. made new rudder from south american pattern mahog. collapsible battlestick installed. carved up a new tiller from some red oak i had kicking around. i didnt like the way the battlestick mounted on the original. i ended up countersinking nyloks into the bottom of the area i mounted it to. the photos show the original longer #10 screws but theres a bit of wear to the gudgeons so it actually moves enough to drag on the deck. took some work to get the scratches out from the worn bolt holes in the original rudder. it caused the tiller to sit on the deck. so those bolts are concealed inside the tiller now with nyloks on them. so see how all that works. new bow handle. crazy. amazon for like 15 bucks. perko. aerosouth mainsheet clips are here. ordered the mast float from aerosouth too and thats on its way. im going to try and drill and tap the mast for a halyard cleat. i dont like the idea of rivets in there. and screws..nah. have a new bridle on the way in too. im kind of letting everything be whatever color it wants. so its a huge mish mosh of random colors. the sail is the multi coloroed blue red orange yellow flourescent yellow one. the blue pads were on it when i got it. so kinda running with the mismatched color mess. gooseneck quick release is done too. made new stops for the dagger. ordered a new spring for it and got that all varnished up too.
im looking forward to having a ton of fun this summer on it and hopefully getting some more people hooked. its been a slow assembly. been rigging the spinnaker on the laser. thats just all kinds of blocks and cleats and random stuff and taking a bit of time. and also getting the stuff done on the trailers. lights for inspection.....
couple pics. one day ill make it to the back corner of the shop to clean. lol.
im looking forward to having a ton of fun this summer on it and hopefully getting some more people hooked. its been a slow assembly. been rigging the spinnaker on the laser. thats just all kinds of blocks and cleats and random stuff and taking a bit of time. and also getting the stuff done on the trailers. lights for inspection.....
couple pics. one day ill make it to the back corner of the shop to clean. lol.