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Bowsprit project
bow roller
bow roller
bow roller
bowsprit almost done...whew
Tony (the master carpenter) and my friend Thomas. It takes a village to raise a cruising boat:)
Think thats enough caulk?
nice bead of caulk, see the beautiful tight grain:)
Even without her bowsprit she is still drop dead beautiful:)
Drilled the holes for the carriage bolts, now ready to cut the hole for the hawse pipe,  :)
Old bowsprit- rot 
I have got the old sprit sitting on top of the new bowsprit to compare thickness :)
Old bowsprit- rot on the underside
bowsprit, how long is too long :). I will try it with this length but may trim later on, we will see.
bowsprit, adding length to the new bowsprit, see the new bowsprit under the old one. In order to get the length I needed, I had to buy 9 foot plank...
bowsprit old and new
Got to cut the bolts off, totally frozen (flat heads bite!). Hopefully going to get bronze carriage, if not then 316 carriage bolts to replace. See...
old bowsprit is off!
old bowsprit
Old bowsprit
Old bowsprit
OLD BOWSPRIT 
How, pray tell, do you hoist an anchor with that rail in the way? I would like to chop off the bottom rail ;)


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