RE: Hairline cracks under bow pulpit stanchions
Eric Johnson (ej@tx3.com)
Sun, 31 Jan 1999 21:44:48 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> I surmise that the damage was caused by using a block on the bow
> pulput as to
> raise the mast. The main halyard was used by the previous owner
> to raise the
> mast. He ran it from the masthead, forward to a block on the bow
> pulpit and
> back to a winch on the cabin top. It's a convenient system, you
> can stop in
> mid-task to unfoul a stay that has caught on something -- but it
> clearly put
> too much stress on the deck and the bow pulpit itself (the round stainless
> steel plates on the base of the stanchions are slightly bent)
>
> I appeal to the collective wisdom of the group for advice and ideas...
I've got 'em too. I suspect its mostly from me hanging off the front doing
"I'm the king of the world" with my legs locked in the pulpit :) Or there
was that time i collided with a coast guard motor lifeboat... but like you,
i don't believe they are structural. Gelcoat is pretty brittle, so it
doesn't take much flex to give you the hairline cracks.