Only had time for a quick boat visit today, but it was time well spent. My dad came by to check on progress, and I used the extra set of skilled eyes to lay out a couple items of deck gear. Most important was the location of the partner box.
Surprisingly, the old partner box was pretty sloppily located, being 3/8" off center to port, and pretty far forward relative to the classs mandated location. We triple checked to make sure that we were right and CC wrong, but there it is. I also used the grinder to remove the damaged port edge of the current partner hole. I don't know what caused it, but the port middle side of the oval hole is crushed and pushed up. If I had to guess, I'd imagine that while unstepping the mast, it twisted and one of the below deck exit boxes caught and ripped the deck. Careful!
The new one is being installed at the class legal spot, and also on centerline. I layed out the markings, and will cut and install tomorrow. Very exciting, as I've been trying to find a good solution for the partner box issue on Shields. So far this seems leike a good one!
Kristian 1 hr
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