by DanaDCole on Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:52 am
It seems odd to me that the bobstay in the sailing hardware package could be exactly the right length to reach from bowsprit to the bow eye. There is no way that I can see to get the bow eye in exactly the right position. Nothing about it in the manual (or did I miss something?). On Sheet 4 of the plans I measured a straight line from the spot where the breasthook meets the topside panels to the top bolt on the bow eye, inside the front compartment. I had to draw extensions from those points to make it work. That's the measurement I used to place the top hole for the bow eye, and it looks about the same distance from the waterline on the plans.
I say "about;" there's all sorts of room for error here, e.g., the panels don't curve exactly the same on every boat, I may not have drilled my hole exactly perpendicular to the stem, plan sheets expand and contract, etc., etc. And on top of all that I had to do the measuring while lying on the BH2 opening and reaching through a small hole in BH1! That I got it as close as I did is a minor miracle. I'm not to the point of installing the bobstay, but I'll be very surprised if it fits out of the box.