Happy New Year

 01 Jan 26:

It's a work dolly to Dynamic dolly day for the Bahamas Dinghy HENNING. Skipper Skippervised while I moved HENNING off of the work dolly and onto the Dynamic dolly. While the dolly was not specifically made for HENNING, it turns out to be a pretty good fit.

The Shaw & Tenney oars that we are going to try out measure 90 inches (7' 6").  

We rolled HENNING up onto our 6x12 utility trailer named HUEY II, and strapped both the dolly and HENNING down. Then another project we are working on had me thinking about a Grumman Canoe gunter rig sail that we have, so I laid it out to see if there is any way that it was a fit for HENNING. It's actually kind of big, and it was too cold to find line and rig everything, but we did get a chance to unroll the sail and look at it. It's in really good shape, because most canoe sails don't ever get used too much. 

For future reference the forward mast thwart collar sets 16 inches about the base of the mast step.

Someone had a question about the work dolly, it is fashioned after the "finishing dolly" that was used at Laser Performance for final assembly of Sunfish and LASER sailboats, and for repairs.

The fore and aft bunks articulate, so that a Sunfish/LASER can be carried around with the V keel down or the flat deck down. Originally there were bungees to pull the bunks flat but those wore out in the Florida sun, and there has not been a need to replace them. 

We built the finishing dolly back in March of 2015. It's holding up pretty good considering it lived outside most of the time in Florida. The 8 inch swivel wheels from Grizzly are hard nylon and still roll smooth. The long line lets me control it from either end or the side, kind of like working a boat into position at a dock. Surprisingly, I don't think that the dolly has a name...but it certainly has played a part in many restorations.

Happy New Year!

Kent and Audrey