Priorities?
Is this the top of your list? Have you checked all the swages? Have you replaced the standing rigging? Have you removed/repaired any corrosion? Have you removed and inspected the chain plates? How is your rudder shaft and steering cable? Have you checked all the bulkhead tabbing. What condition are your sails and running rigging in? If this is for a storm sail, have you looked at the new designs that wrap around the furled headsail? I am refurbishing a '77 H30. I am spending way more time lots more $ than is prudent to do so, but I plan on eventually enjoying the fruits of my money and efforts. This project will require a mast tang, a halyard sheave and mast exit, a stay release lever, a pad-eye that is coupled below deck to the stem, and reinforcement of the stem. After that, you have to consider mast support and running back stays. If you do all the basic labor yourself, I doubt you can stay below $1,500. Just the release lever will cost $300. Pete Albright s/v Nancy Ross In the beginning... I have roller furling, and wanted a future babystay for a hank-on storm jib. I have replaced all the standing rigging, which was original as far as I could tell. I have used all stay-lok terminals. I have replaced my chainplates, and moved them outside the toe rail. I had my mast inspected at JSI/sailnet in St. Petersburg FL. They added a welded babystay tang with halyard sheave and also their "airfoil" spreaders. This was not an in-expensive project. I'm not sure that I'll ever use it now, but this is what the design was based on. I placed the tang about 45" below the forestay, which only gives 14" clearance, if they are parallel. This is near the mainsail head at first reef, and midway between the top and second reef. This was a compromise against a lower height and runners.
