Earlier this year my boat had it's bow roller assembly destroyed in a spring nor'easter. I have had my boat hauled and because the forestay is attached to the bow roller assembly I have had the mast unstepped. I have a replacement assembly from Hunter ready to be installed. I was wondering if anybody here has replaced their bow roller assembly and if there is any special advice? There appears to be quite a bit of bedding material and a series of screws holding it on. I can't tell yet if there are receiving nuts on the inside or if they are screwing into an embedded plate. Any suggestions on a releasing agent for the bedding material? Andy s/v Wind Rivers - 2004 H33 Salem, MA
Replace a bow roller
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I removed my bow roller last season. All the bolts were through bolted. Fortunately for me the roller did not involve the headstay, but if it had, all you would need to do is loosen the headstay by attaching one of the genoa halyards to one of the bow cleets and tension it to release tension on the headstay. Then it can be released with just pulling the pin.
Thanks for replying Alan. Did you have any trouble reaching the receiving nut then? How about the bedding material? Did it release easily or did you have to use a releasing agent. I am thinking of some sort of anti bond product like http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=51839 Andy
H33 Bow roller
Hi Andy, saw your boat on the hard with the mast down and was wondering what happened... Look in the anchor locker under the deck and down the stem, you should see the nuts for the bolts. deck fittings are usually bedded with something like 4000, you can usually cut it away but the solvent may help. be sure to inspect the glass for damage or delaminating before installing the new roller assembly. drop me a line if I can be of assistance. Chuck Wayne H356 WWW.Escape
Hi Andy, saw your boat on the hard with the mast down and was wondering what happened... Look in the anchor locker under the deck and down the stem, you should see the nuts for the bolts. deck fittings are usually bedded with something like 4000, you can usually cut it away but the solvent may help. be sure to inspect the glass for damage or delaminating before installing the new roller assembly. drop me a line if I can be of assistance. Chuck Wayne H356 WWW.Escape
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Hey Chuck, The bow roller was wrecked during our spring nor'easter last May. My boat was launched right in the middle of the storm ! When the yard guys tied the boat to the mooring they failed to shorten the V on the bridle by twisting the two pennants together. During one of the bounces one side of the pennant looped up over the bow roller and peeled it back like a banana. I tried everything to straighten it up. The amount of force need to bend it back up had me concerned about damaging the fiberglass so I elected to wait for fall and drop the mast. As mentioned previously I probably could have used a spare halyard to tie off the mast but I wanted to be able to work at my own pace, which can be quite slow while I analyze and think about each step. Thanks for the offer of help. If you are around this weekend and see two legs sticking up out of the anchor well stop by. Andy
Hey Chuck, The bow roller was wrecked during our spring nor'easter last May. My boat was launched right in the middle of the storm ! When the yard guys tied the boat to the mooring they failed to shorten the V on the bridle by twisting the two pennants together. During one of the bounces one side of the pennant looped up over the bow roller and peeled it back like a banana. I tried everything to straighten it up. The amount of force need to bend it back up had me concerned about damaging the fiberglass so I elected to wait for fall and drop the mast. As mentioned previously I probably could have used a spare halyard to tie off the mast but I wanted to be able to work at my own pace, which can be quite slow while I analyze and think about each step. Thanks for the offer of help. If you are around this weekend and see two legs sticking up out of the anchor well stop by. Andy
There should be no 'bonding' material for the anchor roller. The bolts provide all the attaching force and as chuck says the nuts should accessed in the locker. If they are bonded on the inside, I would leave them in place to make reinstalling easier. You don't need to get an eyeball on the nuts, you can usually "see" them by feel. Just put a wrench on the nuts and turn out the bolts from above.
legs in the locker!
I'll look for you tomorrow, Andy! We planned to go sailing today, but as usual the weather gurus were wrong! instead of sunny, 70's, 10-15 SW winds, we have 50's, fog, calm! oh well, maybe tomorrow....
I'll look for you tomorrow, Andy! We planned to go sailing today, but as usual the weather gurus were wrong! instead of sunny, 70's, 10-15 SW winds, we have 50's, fog, calm! oh well, maybe tomorrow....
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