by craig on Fri May 29, 2015 7:42 am
I used 1/4" nylon but I don't know that the type would matter. I just soaked the rope in unthickened epoxy for 5 minutes or so while mixing and mashing it to get out all the air bubbles, then taped it as tightly as I could to the nose block. There was still areas that needed fairing with thickened epoxy, then I sanded everything down. I used two layers of fiberglass while building but the concrete and rocks on my lake just laughed at that. I don't have access to a dock at my ramp, so exodus is a matter of lining it up and dropping sail at the last moment. Timing is everything and my timing leaves something to be desired..... Every time I see paint flakes in the water I apologize and promise to fix her next winter.
Don't make the mistake that I made, though. If you overlap the rope with the bottom of the keel, running the boat off the keel trough will rip it off. Cut it sharply at the bottom of the nose block pointy section and do NOT overlap the keel bottom.
Titania, launched January 2015