Carpe Diem!

This page will document projects and upgrades.  In addition there will be questions posed regarding unresolved problems.

The wire winch which came with this boat required 85 turns to raise or lower the board.  I have replaced this winch with a 12:1 purchase system.

The abuse this boat took finally caught up with the centerboard and it needs replacement after a failure at the end of the season.

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The boat did not appear to have had any work done to repair or prevent blistering, which for the age of the boat (30 years) is a shame.  I completed phase one of this repair in year one.

The boat originally came with a boom topping lift which I did not care for since it chaffed the main sail and did not support the boom in lighter air.

Centerboard Winch Replacement

Blister Repair

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Centerboard replacement

Boom Kicker Installation

Projects & Problems