[quote=waiex191][quote=gahamby]I like the hitch receiver trick for the after mast support.[/quote]
Thanks! That idea made for less fabrication.
We drilled off the old cheek block and riveted the new one on last night.
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I've also got the tramp all laced on and have stuck my feet through the hiking straps for the first time. They seem good.
We had lost one of the gudgeon screws and I didn't have a replacement in my collection. We drove over to the EAA hangar to check the hardware stock there, and discovered they are 12-24 threads. I never heard of that before. Ordered a 10 pack on Amazon, drove back to our hangar, and found the screw.
This old cat has aluminum rudder pivots and steel gudgeons. I ordered up a 12 pack of aluminum rod, 12" long. Last night we also cut down a couple to 8" and drilled holes in the end for cotter pins.
I bought a new Seasense rope cutter from Amazon for about $30. It works well though I stripped out one of the element holding screws and had to fix it. We cut our ratchet straps to length and trimmed the tramp laces with it.[/quote]
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