[quote=Wolfman]He he, I've been called much worse things than an idiot. :) And to be honest I think I would have deserved it if that was what was meant, but glad to see everything was resolved.
I got a collapseable ladder from West marine and tied it off to my rear beam and strapped it up under my tramp for quick deployment. Should work fine for the wife, I think that she will be OK from here on it. I know she loves me, I'm a seriously hairy bugger and she has stayed with me for 20+ years now. ;)
Good advice on mast rake guys! I was actually struggling with that a bit because my new Shrouds (from Murray's) are shorter than the originals and I had to add a second adjuster on the forestay to make up the difference. I was going to go to 10 hole adjsters on the shrouds to correct the rake back to straight up, but now I'm thinking I should leave it raked. Especially with the extra power provided by the flat head main, wow what a beast!
Golfdad, don't be deflated, you are going to love your boat and it will treat you well. I just made the mistake of replacing ALL the rigging at once and taking her out for the first sail of the season in rediculous wind. Should have been patient and waited for a calmer day to try things out, but I was too excited.
I got out solo last weekend with just the main and light winds and worked out the kinks. I'm ready to rock and roll!
Oh I posted some photos of my boat on my album here http://www.thebeachcats.com/index.php?module=pictures&g2_itemId=74145 with jib block rigging and my homemade sideloaders. Not much different than Airborne's but more angles might clarify better. More to come.[/quote]
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