First up, the mast wiring. There's a few things in this mess that have to get sorted out, like a new steaming light. I'll likely go steaming/deck combination, but the existing one is just thrashed, so it definitely needs new. So I'm thinking of something simple like the following, since it's a budget-style refit.
Not sure how the wiring currently is on the way through the mast itself, but I also want to run a new mast-head VHF antenna. Well, I have one in the boat that I found, I just need to mount it at the top and run new VHF cable down. I realize that the boat is only going to be used for the time being on Lake Ontario and it won't make so much difference being that extra thirty feet in the air, but I still like having it up there.
The other thing with the mast is replacing some sheaves and fixing the halyards which were 'fixed' in a less than ideal way prior. I don't know if it was just lack of availability or what happened, but apparently the existing ones either broke or seized or something, so instead, one of the previous owners just shackled a block onto the spinnaker ring and used that for the head sail instead. So I would like to undo that.
I also need to splice in a repair to the bowsprit where it was damaged before. That won't take too much, really. a couple feet of stainless, some adhesive and a piece to sleeve inside it, and that should be it. For anyone that's curious about how that works, it's basically using a slightly smaller diameter that fits snug inside the replacement piece. Basically like a splice. And to be honest, I really thought I was going to have to pony up a few hundred dollars for a repair job.
Though the next step in that, is to add lifelines, unless they're somewhere hiding on the boat coiled up that I hadn't found in the first visit. If memory serves, the stanchions are all now present and accounted for, so I guess worst case, I can at least get some rope (I am aware that once it's aboard the boat, it will no longer be called rope), and make something temporary.
Surprisingly enough, that's all it needs, from what I can tell. That isn't to say there isn't a a nice list of wants and wishes. With luck, I'll have a better idea of those soon.
Not sure how the wiring currently is on the way through the mast itself, but I also want to run a new mast-head VHF antenna. Well, I have one in the boat that I found, I just need to mount it at the top and run new VHF cable down. I realize that the boat is only going to be used for the time being on Lake Ontario and it won't make so much difference being that extra thirty feet in the air, but I still like having it up there.
The other thing with the mast is replacing some sheaves and fixing the halyards which were 'fixed' in a less than ideal way prior. I don't know if it was just lack of availability or what happened, but apparently the existing ones either broke or seized or something, so instead, one of the previous owners just shackled a block onto the spinnaker ring and used that for the head sail instead. So I would like to undo that.
I also need to splice in a repair to the bowsprit where it was damaged before. That won't take too much, really. a couple feet of stainless, some adhesive and a piece to sleeve inside it, and that should be it. For anyone that's curious about how that works, it's basically using a slightly smaller diameter that fits snug inside the replacement piece. Basically like a splice. And to be honest, I really thought I was going to have to pony up a few hundred dollars for a repair job.
Though the next step in that, is to add lifelines, unless they're somewhere hiding on the boat coiled up that I hadn't found in the first visit. If memory serves, the stanchions are all now present and accounted for, so I guess worst case, I can at least get some rope (I am aware that once it's aboard the boat, it will no longer be called rope), and make something temporary.
Surprisingly enough, that's all it needs, from what I can tell. That isn't to say there isn't a a nice list of wants and wishes. With luck, I'll have a better idea of those soon.
