How long do you make them?

Thanks Dave. That helps.

Here's a stupid follow up question. Do you not cleat the main haylard? Or is the haylard "nut" at the top coupled with the downhaul enough to hold t...

Do you have a source of bamboo near?

Wow eric. Good to see another transformation. I may ask you some rigging questions concerning the down haul at the base of the mast etc. Do you hav...

My neighboor made the support. He has a huge shop and is a retired engineer from Ford Motor Co. He did use heat to create the bend. Then tapped the...

I like that answer.

Thanks guys. Follow up: Based on the condition of the mast base (see pic) would you just pay the $160 to upgrade to the 1-1/2" from Murrays or jus...

Another quick question... I thought the forestay was a turnbuckle (mine missing here too). Is it an identical adjuster to the shrouds?

Thanks guys.

Mine are completly missing, so I was ordering some. On the Salty Dog site the description for the 7-hole ones mention "Nacra". I wonder if the pic a...

Thanks all for the info/input.

Thanks for the note on pic 1090836. Anyone sles notice anything obvious?

Here are some additional inside pics: back side of same bulkhead: Looking back toward dagger board (repair/reinforcement here too?) outside bolt o...

From this pic (from the nacra redo site referenced above) there does look like some structural elements under the deck lid. In addition, I agree with ...

You can see the port just in front of the beam in this pick.

Woo hoo. finally. Thanks guys.

Dave, The PO has put a port in front of the beam there for a previous repair. How do you reach the front bolts from the rear port? There is a fiber...

Actually, the starboard hull where the beam attaches is damaged and will require some repair. The 2 bow side bolts have pulled up and damaged the fi...

Thanks for all the great info erice and Andrew. After a good cleaning these are the type of things I will be working on. BTW what is you lubricant o...