Have answered my questions and will post a new msg with more questions soon. Hope to get some help, had a few views.
I need some critical info for an Ev 26. I'm doing a mini renovation in my small backyard, have
some help but out in the open, so things like deck work is weather dependent and proceeding slow. Hope to launch soon.
1) Backstay - I am missing the lower section with the 2 stays, turnbuckles, etc. All I have is the single wire from mast crane with 1/4" pin fitting at end. I can fab a SS plate like a J24, to join the single wire to stays, would like to see whats on the E26, also if anyone has dimension for stay length, etc. A pic is fine. I have scaled a pic and think it should be 6' 8" with turnbuckle attached.
Alternative is launching boat, use a halyard as temp backstay and take measurement, then wait on a rigger.
Used Navtec NorseMen fittings with 3/16 wire for lower backstay section. Did not know DIY swages existed, rig shop set me up here.
2) Thru Hull Fittings - What compound best to use to seal thru hull fittings such as speed and depth through thenghull bottom (and thru core)? I need to add 1 or 2, had been thinking of sealing the core with epoxy then using 5200 on fitting.
I had 2 thru-hulls: Speedo and an old drain/flush fitting. Epoxy-sealed the core and used 5200 on fittings.
3) Depth Transducer - relates to 2. Some depth xducers can be glued to inside of hull, but I believe this is for solid f/g hulls. Has anyone tried to use a depth sounder glued to inside of a cored hull with good results. Intuition tells me the layers will distort signal, just trying to minimize holes in hull.
What I did was cut 1 1/4" dia hole thru interior pan, remove core to expose the hull f/g layer. Sealed up the surrounding exposed core with epoxy, poured an additional 1/4" of epoxy/fiber mix to increase hull skin thickness. Sanded and leveled reasonably, then attached the depth sounder inside. I seem to get out of range errors after 60 ft or so, but I'm not concerned about deep water. Seems to track fine in shallow water. No extra thru hull needed.
4) Masthead Spinnaker - I suppose this goes to "Nimbus" How big a chute did you fly, and where was the mast block located? Looking to do this as well, but PHRF rules here give penalty 3 sec/mi for every 8% ISP change. So figure I can move 56" up and take 6 sec; this puts new location just below mast stripe at top. I can use the longer luff but have to keep foot of chute same as old spin, unless I take another time hit ( I believe 3 sec per 10% on foot, but also use a longer pole). Don't want to take too much of a hit as most racing is 4-7 mi wind/lee type.
I did mount a new spin block 56" up, still maintain existing spin halyard as well. No time to set up and fly chute this yr, wait till next yr.
Also note - I found an Evelyn 26 Mast up here in a salvage yard (Quincy, MA), outfitted with Profurl Roller Furl. All rigging appears to be there EXCEPT the parts I wanted/need to measure. Murphy's law or something like that.
Thanks for your help,
Paul