little jobs

The great thing about bronze is that you can bury it in the ground, leave it at the bottom of the sea, or in the open air, come back after 3000 years and it is as good as new. Museums are full of it.

Anyway, here is an old rod of bronze (of course not that old!) that I made a thread on. It will hold the spinnaker pole cup to the mast.

Also -

There are the headsail tracks and jarrah handrails cleaned of paint and on their way to being cleaned up.

I made a solid mahogany outboard bracket, nicely capped much in the same way as our doghouse doors.

I've also started scraping away paint that needs to be redone.

Moki

I just bought a doer upper to put in the garage when the sponsor and I move to the coast next month. At 50 bucks including the trailer, I couldn't in all conscience let it go for scrap.

It was purchased by the vendor's father in 1978, and was told then that she was built in 1893, which is possible, but after a bit of discussion with some very knowledgeable types on the CYA forum, she's more likely built during the first 20 or 30 years of of the 20th century. Anyway, I'm writing around the local clubs to try and find something out.

The lovely Phillipa is keeping it in front of her house, gamely fending off the local kids for a month till we get her up the coast; and Mike has already donated a lovely oregon mast. I'm fast stacking up the favours!

We did a rough and ready measurement, and she's about 20 feet by 6 feet, with about 2 feet max draft. All Kauri, and all but one of the plank lines are full length. Does this boat hold a record for the most sistered frames? I think it must do!

(I'm loving the 1930s bling at the bow).