Building A Bowsprit: Part 1 - Ep. 26 [ Sailing Ixion ]

Building a Bowsprit! After purchasing an anchor last season that was too big for our small Catalina 30, the only solution was to begin building a new bowsprit.

Once we learned more about sailing, we learned that our anchor was under sized, especially since we planned on being on the hook most of the time. But the new anchor roller didn’t fit, so we decided to add another problem to our seemingly never ending list and build a bowsprit to fit the new anchor.

Wood working isn’t our forte, but design is. Nick started with a custom design before consulting our how to: woodworking for dummies guru, his father.

With this project, we are nearing the end of the first year of refits on our little electric sailboat. Only a few more projects to go before we begin our sail south to Florida.

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