Forward of Mast
Working forward from the mast to the pulpit. Lying athwart ships, we have a deck fairlead track for attaching the sheet block when the staysail boom is in use; the sailing section includes details. Then there are 4 through bolted folding pad-eyes for strapping down the dinghy underway. Just behind the staysail furling drum is a pedestal for attaching the staysail boom. Along the port toe-rail is tied the staysail boom when not in use. Near the bow there are two large stainless cleats and two covered fairleads (Required for transiting the Panama canal).
Near the bow there is a windlass locker with two hatch covers to protect the windlass from the elements. The windlass is operated via two foot buttons mounted flush with the deck. On the port side is a hole into the port chain locker with a brass cover. The windlass locker is large enough to store a few full smelly garbage bags on long voyages. When we are not sailing the jack-lines are stored in this locker, when we are sailing the jack lines clip onto the forward toe rail and are run back to the bollard style cleat at the rear of the boat. The jack-lines are the webbing type as we found that wire jack-lines were a hazard as they rolled when stepped on.
The bow has twin bow rollers mounted in an extremely sturdy stainless steel casing. The forestay chain plate is part of this arrangement and is through bolted with 5 massive bolts on the side of the boat and 4 more on the deck itself. The Bruce anchor is permanently mounted on the right hand bow roller with the left one being used for either a snubber, or if at sea, the ready to deploy from the cockpit sea anchor.
The pulpit itself is made of 1 1/4 inch stainless tubing and finishes off Rosies nice lines well. I had a mounting bracket welded to the pulpit in 2003 and added a Red/Green running light (specially designed so it does not interfere with the Jennaker tack attachment). This has yet to be electrically connected, black and white wire loose in chain locker. As we use the mast head tri-color for night time use I had no urgent need to finish this task it was just intended to be a backup (same with stern light).
Near the bow there is a windlass locker with two hatch covers to protect the windlass from the elements. The windlass is operated via two foot buttons mounted flush with the deck. On the port side is a hole into the port chain locker with a brass cover. The windlass locker is large enough to store a few full smelly garbage bags on long voyages. When we are not sailing the jack-lines are stored in this locker, when we are sailing the jack lines clip onto the forward toe rail and are run back to the bollard style cleat at the rear of the boat. The jack-lines are the webbing type as we found that wire jack-lines were a hazard as they rolled when stepped on.
The bow has twin bow rollers mounted in an extremely sturdy stainless steel casing. The forestay chain plate is part of this arrangement and is through bolted with 5 massive bolts on the side of the boat and 4 more on the deck itself. The Bruce anchor is permanently mounted on the right hand bow roller with the left one being used for either a snubber, or if at sea, the ready to deploy from the cockpit sea anchor.
The pulpit itself is made of 1 1/4 inch stainless tubing and finishes off Rosies nice lines well. I had a mounting bracket welded to the pulpit in 2003 and added a Red/Green running light (specially designed so it does not interfere with the Jennaker tack attachment). This has yet to be electrically connected, black and white wire loose in chain locker. As we use the mast head tri-color for night time use I had no urgent need to finish this task it was just intended to be a backup (same with stern light).
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