samsturdy said..

Thanks DrRog. The boat next to me has the blocks on the mast and the owner says he has to ease the lazy jacks so that
the mainsail will form its proper shape. A boat a little further away has his blocks out on the spreader and with the extra width
created doesn't need to do that, so I'm seriously considering putting my blocks on the spreader, but hey.....any info is
better than none.

samsturdy said..

Thanks DrRog. The boat next to me has the blocks on the mast and the owner says he has to ease the lazy jacks so that
the mainsail will form its proper shape. A boat a little further away has his blocks out on the spreader and with the extra width
created doesn't need to do that, so I'm seriously considering putting my blocks on the spreader, but hey.....any info is
better than none.

samsturdy said...


OK Jolene, I understand. I'll have a chat next time I see him. Although it will be interesting to hear
what other forum users say.

samsturdy said..


Thanks HG that's great. It seems the local boats are 50/50 mast or spreader. I can really see the sense in
spreader mounted blocks if mast mounted blocks are going to interfere with the mainsail. It seems DrRog
would be a little happier if his blocks had been mounted a little further out on his spreaders, so I might as
well get it right from the start.
Glad to see Driftwood coming along so nicely HG.
Just been reading Keensailers idea of wanting a maintenance/financial free boat...........as if.

HG02 said...









I then coated the marine ply with thinned epoxy a couple of times

This is what I did Mc Nautical and epoxy glued the marine ply to the fiberglass using Bote cote E glue its a thicker epoxy two part about thick as tooth paste



I then added more bote coat e glue to the inside cut and ground and sanded it out so it matched the port light frame and slide in without force. I used sikaflex but now Id probably use Fix it instead or Dow corning 4200 ( i think its called)I think its called to seal the port lights to the ply wood frames

In your case Id make the frames with just the inside cut out for the port lights and leave the outer part of the ply wood rectangular to take up what you had broken . on your inside panel trim the out side so it fits into what you have cut out so later you can fill in and sand back to it blends into the rest of your old panel.
What I also did was make the cut out larger than the port light needed and filled this in with bote cote e glue and sanded that back till the port light frame could slide in. ( my idea of doing this was so the plywood have far less chance of any rot in ten years time
Also you would not need thick plywood like I used just the same thickness as the ply that exist from the original damaged plywood you have

So you would cut the inner damaged ply out make a new piece to fit in what you have cut out and then trace the port light cut out
Paint the new ply wood with thinned epoxy and then glue it to the existing outer skin of your boat and glass matt it in place sealing the internal ply
Some one else might have a better Idea
If Bretts out there hes good for some ideas and knows his stuff