It is bag launched,(plan on midpole setup later, but for now it's old school). I figured out most of the rigging, however the halyard had been pulled out of the spin pole, & there was no way to restring it without getting at the internal double block. Here is an older photo of how it was strung, you can see the double block mid photo. All these lines/blocks are now internal & turning block at end of pole removed as the line dead-ends at a hole & exits through another hole, visible in photo below..
I tried to remove an endcap, with no luck. I tried heat, a strap wrench,(thinking it might be threaded) & fitting a cold chisel against it & tapping.
I did not know how the internal system worked, & decided that possibly one of the eyestrap rivets also held the end cap via a flange, so I drilled out the eyestrap, mistake #1.
Here is how it looks after I restrung the internal lines/blocks;
I have SS rivets to re-attach the eyestrap, this eyestrap holds the lines that go to the bridal tangs, & are subject to pretty good loads.
Therefore should I have washers on the inside of the pole, to distribute the load?
Any ideas how the standard Mystere boats attach those end caps?
2nd Q-
The next 2 photos show the beam end of the pole. It appears an eyestrap on the front beam fits inside the pole, & a small diameter pine secures it.
Is that all there is? Is that strong enough?
Q3- Routing of the spin sheets. I have it figured out how the halyard exits the spin pole, goes up the mast, through the bail, then back down to a bullseye & cleat on the front beam.
What about the sheets?
I have 3" Harken Ratchets on the REAR BEAM, with a cleat behind them. The photos the PO gave me show the sheet being a continuous through these two block, sort of like a jib sheet. You can see the bitter ends at the blocks attached to the spin at the top left of photo. (Yellow line blue trace) They then travel outside the shrouds to the block on rear beam, through it, across the boat to the other block, & forward, around the the other small block on the spin.
There are 2 sets of exit blocks on the mast, one is for the downhaul, is the other supposed to be used for spin control?
If it makes any difference this boat is a 10' beam.
Edited by Edchris177 on Jun 16, 2014 - 11:43 AM.
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