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She's in the workshop - summary of work required

So, with Ingrid cleaned and stripped to bare fiberglass, the work plan is basically as follows:

  • Determine any changes to the running rigging and acquire the parts.  Reinforce/prepare installation points as required. 
  • Counterbore and install fiberglass bushing for the centreboard trunk.  (this ended up being more involved than that)
  • Reinforce the stem for a towing u-bolt, the foredeck where the forestay chainplate attaches, and the foredeck where a u-bolt (for tying to a dock) might attach.
  • Consider a deck beam to restore the deck camber forward.  (it's squashed flat)
  • Install a towing/tiedown eye on the stem, and two on the transom in lieu of docking cleats. 
  • Make any required parts.
  • Install oarlocks and/or an outboard mounting pad
  • Deal with cosmetics
Ingrid arrived with the rudder and tiller assembly in good shape, both sails, standing rigging intact, boom and gooseneck present, mast with alloy halyard cleats intact.

Hull and deck

'Glass Work

Stiffening/Backing

  • Reinforcement for deck hardware
  • fabricate pads for thwart reinforcement where hardware mounts
  • fabricate pads where forestay chainplate mounts
  • Fabricate pad for bow u-bolt

HDPE (starboard) parts

  • Centreboard trunk cap and knobs
  • Cam cleat (jib) mounts
  • Gudgeon and pintle stand offs.
  • mast step
  • possible mainsheet block/cleat pivot.
New parts that wont rot!


Flotation

  • fabricate foam blocks for under seats, removable block for under the foredeck.

Rig

  • Convert main to loose-footed, add reef points
  • Replace jib, consider spinnaker
  • add outhaul adjustment
  • determine traveller configuration
  • rig jib sheet as continuous
  • determine mainsheet configuration

Stowage

  • Bailer
  • paddle
  • anchor/rode
  • wallets, keys etc
  • tie down/net for misc
 




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