hello all,
new to sailing and the site, have friends that are full time cruisers and boat builders. they have convinced me that I need to join them (after 3 years of talking)
I recently purchased a 30' custom wooden cutter (Robert Armstrong design) that has great mast, sails, standing rigging, ground tackle, toe rails, and a 12hp farymann diesel that runs strong. the boat is mahogany framed, and rain water has done it's damage to the main structure.(still floating, but barely) the price was more than agreeable.
next step was finding a second boat cheap that needed what I had on hand.
same yard I pulled out at has a catalina 27 that was demasted in Irene, and the owner has abandoned. they're in the process of obtaining title and I should be able to take ownership in 60 days. for roughly the cost of a haulout.
I'll post some pictures once I get to my computer so you can see what I'm dealing with and advise, but this is the basic plan so far...
the new mast is 8" shorter than stock for this boat, but larger and stronger. mast step roughly double in size. I plan on keeping the cutter setup, adding a bowsprit of some sort, and using the external chainplates I have.
this setup will increase the total sail area to 500' with all 3 up.
the boat never had an inboard, and never will. the outboard will do fine for me. the keel bolts are solid looking, no ball valves anywhere, extra cockpit drainage done by PO, bulkheads solid but not perfect (shouldn't matter as much with external chainplates) aside from some rewire work and a solid cleaning, most of the checklist on standard 27 upgrades have, or will be done.
planning on going as far as the bahamas and surrounding islands, so no grand dreams of circumnavigating a fin keel.
does anyone see any obvious problems I'm missing? reinforcing cabin top for extra weight on mast? (compression post is currently in great shape with no signs of past issues)
how will adding 160' to the sail plan affect handling?
I'm new to this all, but will answer everything as best as I can if you have questions.
thanks for the time folks. hopefully we'll see you out there soon.
new to sailing and the site, have friends that are full time cruisers and boat builders. they have convinced me that I need to join them (after 3 years of talking)
I recently purchased a 30' custom wooden cutter (Robert Armstrong design) that has great mast, sails, standing rigging, ground tackle, toe rails, and a 12hp farymann diesel that runs strong. the boat is mahogany framed, and rain water has done it's damage to the main structure.(still floating, but barely) the price was more than agreeable.
next step was finding a second boat cheap that needed what I had on hand.
same yard I pulled out at has a catalina 27 that was demasted in Irene, and the owner has abandoned. they're in the process of obtaining title and I should be able to take ownership in 60 days. for roughly the cost of a haulout.
I'll post some pictures once I get to my computer so you can see what I'm dealing with and advise, but this is the basic plan so far...
the new mast is 8" shorter than stock for this boat, but larger and stronger. mast step roughly double in size. I plan on keeping the cutter setup, adding a bowsprit of some sort, and using the external chainplates I have.
this setup will increase the total sail area to 500' with all 3 up.
the boat never had an inboard, and never will. the outboard will do fine for me. the keel bolts are solid looking, no ball valves anywhere, extra cockpit drainage done by PO, bulkheads solid but not perfect (shouldn't matter as much with external chainplates) aside from some rewire work and a solid cleaning, most of the checklist on standard 27 upgrades have, or will be done.
planning on going as far as the bahamas and surrounding islands, so no grand dreams of circumnavigating a fin keel.
does anyone see any obvious problems I'm missing? reinforcing cabin top for extra weight on mast? (compression post is currently in great shape with no signs of past issues)
how will adding 160' to the sail plan affect handling?
I'm new to this all, but will answer everything as best as I can if you have questions.
thanks for the time folks. hopefully we'll see you out there soon.