Good eye on the dodgers! There was a post on these many moons ago on this forum (at the time, John hadn't actually made it).
I'm in the middle of some upgrades to my own Pocketship, so after enjoying the blog post, I also poured over the pictures with a fine-toothed comb. At the risk of acting like the paparazzi (I beg forgiveness, John Harris - your boat is famous!): here are the changes I see that are not otherwise documented on this forum:
1. The aforementioned dodger. Looks to be the same design as was posted here from the beginning, though with two eyestraps added to the aft cabin bulkhead to hold the dodger top taught.
2. Mk2 boom gallows. I admit, after seeing this show up in pictures last year I took the plunge and am now 2 revisions in. There is a lot of flex with the substantially thinner material (from pictures, it looks to be about 1-1.25 inches thick?). Mine doesn't have carbon fiber, but maybe wrapping in fiberglass will help. When I get the mast back on my boat from its long-delayed revarnishing I'll see how strong this needs to be when supported by the poles.
3. Tiller tamer and substantially thicker tiller. The next time a landlubber journalists boards, Hull #1 will be ready
https://www.ft.com/content/50a23928-e43 ... 162357801f. Adding a tiller tamer was #1 on my wish list. I went with the one posted on Joel’s navigator blog
https://navigatorjoel.blogspot.com/2014 ... k-for.html4. Racing upgrades: a 2nd pair of jib sheet cleats, whisker pole, etc.
5. Metal rub strip along rub rails
6. Cabin interior: beautiful monogrammed shelving and plenty of along-the-walls storage.
7. Rigging changes:
There is a second cleat on the tabernacle for a halyard. Topsail maybe? I’m not sure what else that would be for.
Perhaps again betraying my nautical ignorance, but what is the u-bolt for on the bowsprit, aft of the roller furler? This is on both boats, and has rope chafe protection of the bowsprit.
Jiffy reefing, but that’s already been discussed on this forum. Note that the main clew does not lead forward anymore for on-the-way adjustment as in the “stock” configuration, but is instead tied permanently to the end of the boom.
One last oddity: what is on Pocketship #1’s starboard aft cabin bulkhead? It looks like a block on a riser. The pictures aren’t clear enough to see if the peak halyard is running through this?
Did I miss anything?