My poor 9.2A is finally back in the water after fourteen excruciating months on the hard. I accomplished much, but probably fourteen weeks worth of work for the average Joe, at most.
I'm dying to get in a sail, but I made the mistake of dismantling the boom at the beginning of this ordeal, and I'm baffled by the outhaul assembly. Actually, I could use help with ANY of the boom's bits, but if I can get the outhaul together, then at least I can get the mainsail hung. There was an internal block that had frozen, so in the photo of what I think are the relevant bits on my unvacuumed dining room rug, you'll see a new block that was as close as I could find. I attached the eye-spliced line to it that had been attached to the original, so that part of the set up should be good. That line is about 9 1/2 feet long (it looks nearly new, so I assume it's completely inside the boom). The other line that I think goes to it is about 17 1/2 feet long, 5 1/3 feet of which is a smaller diameter line with an eye splice on one end that I guess I cut (my memory sucks) to detach it. I marked the other end as coming out the gooseneck on the starboard side.
I'll attach some other photos I took when first taking things apart. I'd hire a rigger to take care of it, but they're all too busy to bother with a small job like this.
A sketch of how it basically goes together would be great, but I'll take any help I can get.
Thanks.
John
I'm dying to get in a sail, but I made the mistake of dismantling the boom at the beginning of this ordeal, and I'm baffled by the outhaul assembly. Actually, I could use help with ANY of the boom's bits, but if I can get the outhaul together, then at least I can get the mainsail hung. There was an internal block that had frozen, so in the photo of what I think are the relevant bits on my unvacuumed dining room rug, you'll see a new block that was as close as I could find. I attached the eye-spliced line to it that had been attached to the original, so that part of the set up should be good. That line is about 9 1/2 feet long (it looks nearly new, so I assume it's completely inside the boom). The other line that I think goes to it is about 17 1/2 feet long, 5 1/3 feet of which is a smaller diameter line with an eye splice on one end that I guess I cut (my memory sucks) to detach it. I marked the other end as coming out the gooseneck on the starboard side.
I'll attach some other photos I took when first taking things apart. I'd hire a rigger to take care of it, but they're all too busy to bother with a small job like this.
A sketch of how it basically goes together would be great, but I'll take any help I can get.
Thanks.
John
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