[C38] New Deck Layout

[Steven Ribble]

Very nice Steve! Congrats.

Steve R

On Saturday, April 6, 2013, Steve Smolinske wrote:

> Finally the project is complete! Really pleased how it turned out, thought
> I would share some pics and details.   ****
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> First thing was to remove all the old hardware and fill all the holes,
> There were a few nuts and cap nuts that protruded on the deck from inside
> the cabin that secured the hand rails, we removed those and replaced with
> barrel nuts for a nice flush deck.   After the hardware was laid out and
> drilled we used barrel nuts inside as well to get rid of all the nuts and
> cap nuts inside the cabin.  Where ever I removed hardware from the mast or
> boom I filled the holes with stainless steel set screws, with liberal
> amounts of duralac applied.    The layout is from outboard port working
> in:  Foreguy, Traveler, Topping Lift, Mainsheet  on starboard working in
> Foreguy, traveler, vang, mainsheet.  The winches on the cabin top were
> moved as far inboard as we could get them and Im happy to say that with the
> dodger up we can now trim the winches a full 360 with a short handle.  The
> winches on the deck are for Jib and  Spin halyards (got them off the mast)
> so that now the crew can truly jump the halyards the way they should,
> rather than fighting with a short pull and busting knuckles on winches.   I
> went with the flat four deck organizer rather than a double stacked to keep
> everything as flush to the deck as possible, the double stacked might have
> provided a little bit better lead  to the winches but all in all it turned
> out pretty good with a nice balance for racing and cruising.  ****
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> Steve****
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> #312 Peregrine****
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> Seattle****
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Steve Ribble
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