Posted by Nigel McC on
URL: https://forum.mymorbic.uk/Notes-on-a-Morbic-Build-in-New-Zealand-tp414p425.html

Thanks for that ... yes, a double garage means a spacious workshop ... much more important than parking a car or storing garden tools.

I may never use the sloop rig, but I think it will be good to have the construction available.
If I do, I was thinking to use the forward lug position, as a brace for a removable samson post. The main stress on the bowsprit is lateral rather than vertical, since vertical stresses are taken by a forestay and bobstay. I don’t like the idea of using a rudder fitting on the mast, and think that a square keyed bowsprit, fitting into a Sampson post at the aft end, and braced by a bobstay forward, will be adequate … I see Cadfael has a Sampson post, which looks as if it is permanent aft of the bulkhead;  I assume the mid section of the bowsprit fits over the stem.

The enlarged bowsprit Iron is an alternative.
I'm some way from needing to figure  that out especially as it is summer here, and we are off tramping in temperate rain forest next week, so there will be no more boat building until the new year.

Best wishes to all you northern hemisphere Mobics