Sunday, February 28, 2010

Fitting out the boom



Today I took advantage of the nice 40deg weather to open the garage and work on the boom. First I cut the hole for the outhaul thru-deck and then I drilled the hole for the dead-end for the outhaul line. After that it was off to the forward end of the boom where I created a template to be able to duplicate the cuts for the boom. When that was completed, I drilled a hole to thread the lashing for the forward outhaul turn block through. A dremel tool with a cutting disk made quick work of almost all of this cutting today. All that's left is to drill the holes for the gooseneck bolt and to dress the holes that I cut. Then I'll rig the outhaul and start to work on the mainsheet and vang strop keepers. Another small project was to prepare the spreader bracket. I drilled the sheaves out of the spreader bracket and a back-up spreader bracket. Next is to install that bracket on the mast and then work on the shroud terminal.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

US Sailing One Design Leadership award

I was truly humbled to learn this morning that I was selected as the winner of the US Sailing One Design Leadership award. I was nominated by fellow members of the Park City Sailing Association www.sailparkcity.org which is a group that I founded about two years ago next week. It has had amazing success and has spawned a new Junior Program that will debut in June. The success has everything to do with all of the great members of the group who give their time and resources to make this group grow. We hope that this lasts for many years to come as we build a relationship with the Jordanelle State Park who have been very accomodating as our hosts. I have been getting some additional press through Sailing Anarchy on a thread started by a friend, known as Fugu on SA. He had received a list of the award winners by email earlier today.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Trailer tubes for mast/boom storage


I picked up two 14' x 8" sewer pipes last Thursday to act as storage tubes for the Moth trailer. They will be bolted on either side of where the Moth and dolly attach and will store the sail and boom in the 9' tube and the mast sections in the 10' tube. I cut both down today, from the stock 14', and they're stored out back behind the house until the trailer is ready for them.