<< As for your backstay kit, it installed perfectly. However you should add a
claustrophobic warning to your instructions that you have to crawl HEAD
FIRST, ON YOUR BACK, into the starboard quarterberth to get to the place
where you attach the washers and nuts! (I would add that Polar Fleece
doesn't slide well on the fabric cushions when trying to extricate yourself
from the depths of the quarterberth.)
>>
Hope this helps for next time...
To go aft under cockpit to transom you need to remove cushions. Then wax the
gelcoat on berths so you can slide in and out easy. This also protects
against mildew and removes glass particles that later make you itch. You get
more headroom without cushions. It would have been nice to have a porthole to
cockpit so's we can get some light/ventilation in there.
I've become an expert at crawling back there after having to reinforce transom
and install a boarding ladder from BOW.
Best
Solar Fry
P19 # 1028, "Elusive Margin"
Pompano Beach, FL