[quote=Edchris177][quote]Do all of the 5.0/5.7 have the short traveler track or just this early model one? (its an '83)[/quote]
My '84 (5.7) uses that track. The newer 5.0('88) has an integral track that goes the full length...don't worry about it, but DO TIE A STOPPER KNOT IN THE TRAVELER LINE!
[quote]Seal it up or let it ride?[/quote]
Seal it with a glob of silicone RFN! Actually, it is no problem, unless you turtle, then my friend, you are f#$cked!
[quote] Is that thing on the forestay used to tension it down?[/quote]
Yes. That is an expensive bit of kit. I use one on the 5.7, as I leave my boat rigged all summer, save for the mainsail. By pulling the pin & releasing the lever, you dump some tension, that is how the boat is left. When going sailing, pull the lever to tension rig, insert pin, then hoist the rags. If you trailer & set up every day, you don't need it all all.
[quote]It must not have too much wrong with it if i am worried over some cigarette burns in the tramp..
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It is easy for a hole like that to "grow". Stand your heel on it while raising a mast, you might possibly hear a dreaded ripping sound. Get any canvas or awning maker to sew a patch over it, make the patch big, 10x the size of the hole.
The boat looks pretty nice, especially if you got it for a Grand. I see no fine cracks around the beam attach points, tramp looks good. I see it is the same as mine, no track for the jib blocks, just the eye strap. Spend $3 & buy the Harken stand up springs. They will keep the jib blocks from banging on the hulls & marking them. You will find that it is a beitch to install the blocks with the springs, McGyver a way to compress the spring while you get the shackle & pin inserted.
I think I see a pin through the mast base, meaning it is the captive system. This is safer, the mast can't pop off the base while raising/dropping, remember to remove the pin after raising. Look through my album...there is a photo showing why you MUST turn the mast 90* when dropping. If not you WILL lose the dolphin stiker rod & possibly the mast base.
Those hulls look fine, do not waste another minute making them look pretty, sail it!
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