First sailboat and the boat I just bought has been sitting mast down for a while so i'm sure some of the parts to make it sail are MIA. Its about 2.5 hours from me right now so visits are difficult but I plan to go get it 30, Apr 2015 and bring it back to Lake Lanier (in north Ga). I went out last weekend and took an inventory the best I knew how but I got bit by "you don't know what you don't know" and I missed a few things in my inspection, probably because I was focused on the running rigging. Was told I has a US SPARS Z-170 mast, if that helps any.
Standing rigging
- All parts are present except for a few pins to attach rigging to the deck but i'm confident that West Marine will have some replacements.
Mast
- I believe i'm missing the pin that holds the mast to the deck. Not sure that it even has one, some of the posts say it does not. Anyone?
- Pin that attaches the boom to the mast. Again, for some reason i was focused on running rigging and didn't even check but i'm assuming its missing too. Is it a pretty standard pin/connector?
- is there a plate that normally goes between the mast and the deck that has the holes for the pulleys to attach to, or is that part of the plate mounted on the boat deck?
- Anchor light is broken but i'm sure I can replace it with one from WM.
- Wind direction indicator is also broken but WH has those too.
Running rigging
- I believe the Jib and Main halyard are there but is there one that attaches to the top of the mast to the end of the boom or is that a fixed rope?
- Are those the only two (or three) that I need to make sure are present before I raise the mast? I understand installing those after its up is extremely difficult or near impossible.
- I plan on replacing the rigging in the very near future and using the old existing line to pull the new ones in.
Im having to rent a trailer to get it from Alabama to Here and only have it for a limited time. The sailing club i'm at has a mast hoist but its at the repair area so the boat has to be on the trailer to lift and once the boat is in the water and the trailer is gone i'm left working with what i've got so i'm trying to make sure i don't leave anything out that I cant do at the slip.
Any help would be enormously appreciated.
jake
Standing rigging
- All parts are present except for a few pins to attach rigging to the deck but i'm confident that West Marine will have some replacements.
Mast
- I believe i'm missing the pin that holds the mast to the deck. Not sure that it even has one, some of the posts say it does not. Anyone?
- Pin that attaches the boom to the mast. Again, for some reason i was focused on running rigging and didn't even check but i'm assuming its missing too. Is it a pretty standard pin/connector?
- is there a plate that normally goes between the mast and the deck that has the holes for the pulleys to attach to, or is that part of the plate mounted on the boat deck?
- Anchor light is broken but i'm sure I can replace it with one from WM.
- Wind direction indicator is also broken but WH has those too.
Running rigging
- I believe the Jib and Main halyard are there but is there one that attaches to the top of the mast to the end of the boom or is that a fixed rope?
- Are those the only two (or three) that I need to make sure are present before I raise the mast? I understand installing those after its up is extremely difficult or near impossible.
- I plan on replacing the rigging in the very near future and using the old existing line to pull the new ones in.
Im having to rent a trailer to get it from Alabama to Here and only have it for a limited time. The sailing club i'm at has a mast hoist but its at the repair area so the boat has to be on the trailer to lift and once the boat is in the water and the trailer is gone i'm left working with what i've got so i'm trying to make sure i don't leave anything out that I cant do at the slip.
Any help would be enormously appreciated.
jake