Made the bowsprit net and bowsprit cover. The cover is the usual Sunbrella canvas and leather. It just covers the varnished portion and has a "cap" to go over the end of the bowsprit.
The bowsprit net is 7/16" New England Rope 3 strand vintage Dacron as is the life lines, canvas lines and other lines other than sheets and halyards which are plain white 1/2" New England three strand Dacron. I lashed the net with No. 21 tarred seine twine. It is a smaller diameter and good for these small lashings. The fore and aft lines are spliced to Port Townsend Foundry pad eyes at the bulwark.
Cover and net complete.
That chain bobstay is temporary as I wait to get the spliced one.
Fore and aft lines are seized around a bronze thimble.
Pad eyes at the bulwark.
Bowsprit cover is in two pieces and tied together. Will save a bit of work in maintenance.
Looks like the stay Sail attaches to the anchor roller? Do plan to add another bobstay to support it. Just came back here for the first time in years, congrats!!
ReplyDeleteHello Benjamin, not at this point. Schooner MAGIC which you can see a video of on Off Center Harbor, had her forestay the same way with many off shore miles under her keel. The bowsprit is a big timber of douglas fir so plenty strong. That being said, there is an attachment point under the anchor roller and it would be an easy thing to do to bolt a tang to the stem and have a threaded bronze rod to thimbles, something I might add later and have certainly thought of. Welcome back !
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