Rigged

So there has been some progress.

I rigged the boat this afternoon for the first time. There was a bit of breeze but I risked it.

Jib sheets and main sheet. Initially I missed the forward fairleads but ...

then I sorted it.

The outhaul and downhaul are confusing at this stage. I'll take a closer look later.

It's weird. It almost looks like it had single line reefing.

Likewise the downhaul is not obvious.

I am pretty sure this is meant to be a boom tent.

Like everything on the cal it's very small.

My hercus lathe. I turned down some dowel to extend the aft mast cradle.

The timber extension. I really don't know how you would step the mast without it.

The halyards and main sheet were all crusty and horrible.

I took them off and measured them intending to buy new.

but then I had an idea. I tried washing the ropes in my machine at 95C with some detergent.

and they came out much better than I would ever have expected.

Saved $50 and a trip to the chandlery.

I don't know how I feel about these fittings. They attach the head of the main and jib. I don't know how secure that pin fitting is.

The new winch. $26 delivered off ebay. Rated 1500lb, 4:1 ratio. The old winch was 2:1 and too hard to wind, plus the cable was rusted and broken. I cut my hand last week on it. The straps are not great but it will do.