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Originally Posted by sailor457
MICHAEL, I have just purchased a 8 ton cutter in Portland, CT. It does not have the whisker stays on the bowsprit (you did beautiful work on yours) and I would like to add them to either side of the bowsprit. Would you be kind enough to tell me the dimensions of the plate around the tip and the length of the wires and how the chainplates are attached to the hull. Thanks so much. My email is sailor457@gmail.com.
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I will drop you an email with my
phone number, but upfront, I would say have a shipwright / yard look at the
boat. I know of two other Willards here on the
West Coast, and both have whisker stays. I find it very odd that you do not. have you checked in the approximate position to see if the whisker stay mount plate holes have been glassed over on the bow?
I will be back at the boat this weekend and can take some measurements, but if you are going to be starting from scratch, I suggest you have the job done for you. The issue I see is the cap. My cap was definately an add on -- it really does not make full contact with the tip of the sprit as I would like. While I was doing the sprit
project my daughter was looking at the cap and noticed a some faint, reddish, hairline fractures on the bobstay weld and on the forestay tang weld. I had the cap re-welded, but I STILL regret not having the whole thing damn thing redone into a collar with the appropriate attachment points for the whisker stays, the bobstay, and the forestay.
Nonetheless, I will take some measurements from the point of attachement on the cap to the mounting plates on the side.
You are SO going to have to post photographs inside and out of ALL your systems!
Congratulations on the boat -- what made you decide to get this Willard?
Michael
PS: Do two owners make an association???