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Restoration Project Index
Remove the deck
Remove the rear floor
Remove the bulk head
Remove the rear keel
Replace the rear keel
Build the bumpers
Replace the bulk head
Frame the deck
Frame the floor
Cover the deck
Mount the riggings

Assembling the Rigging

By the time I came around to putting the rigging on it was 2 days before we were to leave on our sailing vacation. As such, I did not take many pictures... okay, I did not take any pictures so all I can do is provide a picture of what it looks like now.

I matched the rigging to as close as the original as possible. There were a few things that could have been improved on however I did not want to risk discovering why things where put where they were so I just duplicated the old rigging.

There were two exceptions. There was a rope in the front and two holes in the side deck that I did not replace since I could not see what they were for and Laura's grandpa could not remember. If I ever need them then I can add the holes at that time.

As of the time of writing this page, I can say we had the boat out on the Okanagan lake where it floated for a week and we sailed it at least 6 times. Everything works.

There is one problem where water appears to be getting in under the floor. Not a lot since after a week in the water the water line was not noticeably higher... but when we pulled it out of the water at the end of the vacation I could hear water under the deck.

I think it is getting in around the centre board. A future project for me.

 

 

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