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    Riggers in westhaven recommendations

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    Not on boat to take pics of bowsprit until weekend, but it's just stainless tubing, literally just extending under and beyond the pulpit, but extending approximately 4ft forward, with inadequate (i would say) standing rigging support. Previous owner left mooring line over, rather than under it, and you can guess what happened next...now I've got a bend to fix. But it strikes me that 2mm, 1" OD stainless tubing doesn't make for the strongest bowsprit, anyway: my last boat had a tree on the end. I'm wondering how to make it stronger: whether I can strengthen this design adequately, or whether I have to start again with a proper poled/beamed sprit, made of something solid, not thin stainless steel...

     

    Not really a rigger's exact mandate, but I 'm also after other advice, based on the fact that my mast is gradually collapsing into the deck: the deckstepped mastfoot has been heavily reinforced with additional timber and steel bracing at some point, (see photos) but the reinforcement itself is fixed to columns, which float on a thin fibreglass liner, (the settee fronts in the photos), which rises from the sole, not directly connected to the keel (Doh!). Part of getting her onto the hardstand is so I can construct a new ringbeam of sorts, connecting the mast to the keel properly, but, in the mean time, I'm making-do, by building a glassed in ply bulkhead from the keel to the sole, then using an acrow prop or screwjack drectly under the mast, and over this new bulkhead, as a compression post...im keen to see if what I plan is going to do the job, or whether there are alternative ideas out there...

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    Riggers in westhaven recommendations

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    Ok so it doesn't seem that there are any riggers nearer to thames than 1.5 hours away...so I'm going to have to get sailing...Shame.

     

    So please share positive experiences you've had with any riggers at westhaven, particularly for any with classic yacht/bowsprit experience...I dont need someone who can squeeze that last bit of high performance juice from my rig, (if you saw it, you'd understand....), just someone who knows what strong is, and what can survive a gale or two, if the worst came to the worst....

     

    I'm just after some advice, initially...someone who wont charge me the earth to come and have a look at her, and walk me through what I need to do when I get her back to thames, and onto the hardstand...I'm guessing it would take about two or three hours of their time, that's all. If they travel, and can actually come and assist when she's back on the hardstand in thames, (and it doesn't cost the earth), then all the better. Otherwise, I'm just working on their advice, with a local engineering company, down here.

     

    Thanks for sharing your positive experiences.

    Boat TV & Freeview

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    Yeah my experience with those round freeview aerials up on the mast is not positive. I have a pacific aerials 12v amplified one, boat is moored right opposite sky tower in northcote, and I regularly have trouble with reception (tv3 particularly). That's in the middle of Auckland, so can only get worse from there...usb dongle would be even more rubbish.

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