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At Wiggers Custom Yachts, Bowmanville, Ontario :
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This stainless steel bow fitting, the outer forestay stem fitting, was designed and manufactured by Henry Wiggers who is a stainless steel fabricator and artisan. This permanent forestay is attached to the furling gear and is mounted forward. or outside of, the bow pulpit. It is close enough that sail handling and repairs to the gear can be made from within the pulpit while the boat is underway.
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The watertight hatches from Lewmar, that are inside the boat, have been mounted along with the escape hatch in the transom. Each hatch allows access to the individual compartments forward and aft, fully sealing them in case water enters the boat. Every bulkhead in the interior of the boat is equipped with this safety device. Should any part of the boat develop a leak, the area can be sealed off using the hatch, repaired if possible and then pumped dry.
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The last of the Spinlock and Frederiksen deck hardware has been installed. Three Frederiksen manual winches surround the cockpit with Spinlock jammers mounted beside them to hold the halyards.
Also on the deck are the rudder bearings that are inside red fiberglass rings, allowing the bearings to be installed at the proper angle.
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Derek poses on deck, forward of the red coach roof, with a scale model of the boat. Lifelines and stanchions have been installed.
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The navigation table is now fiberglassed in place. The table slopes in a "v" shape so that when the boat is heeled over there is a flate surface to work on no matter if the heel is on the port or starboard.
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After approximately 100 hours of fairing, sanding, priming and more sanding. The mast and boom are hanging in the paint shop ready for paint. They will be painted red to match the coach house roof on deck.
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The mast weighing 172 pounds arrives. Derek is fitting the spreads in their sockets to see how much sanding will have to be done after painting both mast and spreaders to ensure a perfect fit.
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The mast step is constructed out of aluminum plate and each piece is weld together for strength. The halyards running down the inside of the mast, through the middle of the mast step, will come out the Harken sheaves shown in this picture, to a deck organizer.
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The mast step pieces are tack welded together and then the entire unit is heated on a hot plate before the seams are completey welded closed. This is done to avoid cracking in the aluminum.
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Hanging in the slings waiting to go back into the cradle after the bulb was attached. Once in the cradle the Spirit of Canada will be put inside to have the bottom prepare for antifouling.
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The bulb and keel were attached by lifting the boat in a travel lift and rolling the bulb on a skid under the boat. Here you can see Robert lining up the keel fin to the slot in the bulb, there wasn't much space for error. Once the keel fin was in the bulb, metal rods were installed to hold the bulb, so that the bulb could be drilled out and the keel bolts put in place.
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