I am a woefully underqualified new bigger-boat owner. After more than 20 years with my Widgeon, I just bought a 1979 O'day 28. I am simultaneously ecstatic and terrified.
The boat has been on the hard in a marina with the mast stepped for a couple seasons, but lovingly well maintained by the previous owner. We're having a transport company move it about 75 miles to our new homeport, and hope to get wet soon after we arrive in Saginaw Bay.
We understand the marina staff will supplement our lack of launch knowledge. They will be leaving me to do all of the re-rigging and I have a lot of questions about how/where to run the lines and rigging when we get the mast back in place. The halyards and topping lift should be easy, but if anyone has some photos of how to rig the sheets, boom vang, all of the stays, and words of wisdom about stuff I should do before I step the mast back up, I would greatly appreciate the nudge in the right direction. Even the simplest photos will help. All I have is pictures looking at our boat with the sails up from 200 yards offshore.
Thanks in advance for any input! If I can post anything for comparison, please ask.
The boat has been on the hard in a marina with the mast stepped for a couple seasons, but lovingly well maintained by the previous owner. We're having a transport company move it about 75 miles to our new homeport, and hope to get wet soon after we arrive in Saginaw Bay.
We understand the marina staff will supplement our lack of launch knowledge. They will be leaving me to do all of the re-rigging and I have a lot of questions about how/where to run the lines and rigging when we get the mast back in place. The halyards and topping lift should be easy, but if anyone has some photos of how to rig the sheets, boom vang, all of the stays, and words of wisdom about stuff I should do before I step the mast back up, I would greatly appreciate the nudge in the right direction. Even the simplest photos will help. All I have is pictures looking at our boat with the sails up from 200 yards offshore.
Thanks in advance for any input! If I can post anything for comparison, please ask.