Wheel Deck Hoist Rigging Hardware

 20 Mar 22:

We gathered up all of the rigging and hardware for the Wheel Deck boat hoist, most of it is Wilcox, Crittenden and Company, Inc. bronze halyard blocks, eyestraps and snap shackles and the line is vintage Sunfish sheets. There are two different cleats that are not for Sunfish, but also Wilcox and Crittenden. One is an interesting little jam cleat.

FMI: Wilcox, Crittenden and Company, Inc.

Alcort Super Sailfish ZSA ZSA 29 Dec 18 Deck Fittings

29 Dec 18:

Trimmed the toe rail a bit to fit for the bow handle. The wooden Alcort bow handles have a tab that wraps the bow, and another strip attaches below and wraps the keel.

Keel strip wraps back about 16 inches.

Attached mast collar with #8 silicone bronze screws, drilled a pilot hole that matched the screw shank diameter and a countersink for the head of the screw. Attached the halyard cleat with the vintage Alcort bronze screws.

Drilled pilot holes and attached eyestraps with vintage Alcort bronze screws.

We like line bridles, the original boat would have had a 2 loop or 3 loop plastic coated wire bridle. 2 loop bridles are the standard today on new boats.

Attached the bow line and splashguard. Splashguard functions more as a handhold or foot rest.

Log of ZSA ZSA.

Stripes and hardware

Installed the coaming, it screwed back in pretty easy. I was able to press 4 seized up screws with rivnuts back into original holes and seal with epoxy

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Gudgeon, backer plate and hardware

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Gudgeon installed, with a bit of silicone around the screw holes

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Both wooden backer blocks for the eyestraps had fallen off. I had to dig through some foam on each side to find them, luckily they had not gone too far. I put some silicone on them, flipped them around, held them in place while Jack drilled a pilot hole. Then we dropped in a screw, put on the bridle and put in remaining screw. That was a satisfying sound to hear them snug up to the deck when we tightened them

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Jack puts in the inspection port for the first time. We had to take it back out in order to have more room when the backer block issue arose. Plus the hardware was goofed up, I had some stop nuts that were the wrong size. I grabbed them from the bin at the hardware store without checking ALL of them. I normally do, but I was rushed because I was last customer in store. Also remember to pick up a few extra, in case something gets lost in hull

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Her is the rig we plan to use. Sail, mast and spars came from Craigslist, the sail matches new color

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Put another coat of paint on the stripes today then pulled off the tape. Also installed bow handle, halyard block and halyard cleat

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This Sunfish is ready to go!

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New bridle and inspection port, reinstalled with new hardware

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Aft deck stripes and cockpit. We left the vintage AMF Alcort sticker

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Sail and spar rehab

Picked up a sail, spars and mast. They're in pretty good shape overall, but hardware and lines need some work

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This line is not the right size and needs to be replaced. Also we can put on an outhaul cap on the lower spar to guard against foredeck scratches

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Upper spar has a bend, sail is dirty

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Halyard is too big, duct tape and hose clamp need to be removed

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Blocks are not stainless and not factory, corroded and need to be replaced

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Replaced line with an S hook, changed lower spar end cap to the outhaul cap style,this helps protect foredeck from interlocking bolt scrapes. While spars were apart I straightened and cleaned upper spar

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Laid out outhaul lines for installation

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Tied a bowline on clew, went through outhaul, clew outhaul the tied some half hitches

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Drilled rivet head to remove old block and prep to install salvaged factory hardware

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Here's tools needed to remove rivet and install new rivet

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Rivet removed, gently pry up eyestrap to slide on new block

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Rivet holds on eyestrap. Use a collar (washer) if hole is oversized

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Rivet pin goes into gun

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Rivet goes through eyestrap and into spar

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Rivet installed with block salvaged for old spliced spar. Both blocks were replaced.

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Spar was bent and I used a tree to straighten

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Sail is cleaned, spars straightened, hardware and rigging put back to factory, S hook and outhaul cap added

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