Monday, May 23, 2011

More progress :-)

It was a hot and humid day, so varnishing was not in the cards.  I was able to sort out the placement of the turning blocks and cleats for the jib sheets on either side of the mast, cut, fit and epoxy coat 1/4" plywood backer boards for said blocks and cleats, and reattach the port rub-rail around mid-ship.  Evidently, there had been a significant impact on that rail in the boats past life.  The rail was scratched and severely gouged in one place and four of the rivets had been sheered off, leaving the rail bent and bowed out.  I drilled out the bad rivets and replaced them with counter-sunk SS machine screws with washers, lock washer sand nuts on the inside.  Cranked the screws tight and a few passes with a file on the aluminum rail and it is almost like new.  Tomorrow, I will glass in the rudder backer and mount the blocks and cleats mentioned above.

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