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starboard deck layout, spectra handrails, floating jib lead system, etc |
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Carbon backing plates for chainplate bolts. Original bolts were pulling through the backing plate. |
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Freshly painted bilge area. Stringers are differently spaced on this hull vs. later hulls. |
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Port interior. Jib lead adjuster, aft lower support, and twing are visible, as are the lines for the below-deck winches. |
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Starboard cabin top, including jib halyard adjuster. Considerable fairing was done on the cabin top. |
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Engine area. Engine mount was extended to provide cockpit floor support, and a chafe-guard added for the motor. |
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Backstay 8-1 purchase (leading to two cascades for a total of 32-1. |
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Jib lead adjuster, kevlar/spectra aft lower support, and twing lead. |
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Interior post refit. New floorboards, revarnished, faired, and repainted. This is the only Express 27 built with mahogany plywood vs. Occume. |
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Details of cabintop and interior. |
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Carbon backing plate for jib lead adjuster at main bulkhead. This is a very highly loaded block. |
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Jib lead adjuster block in v-berth area with backing plate. |
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After hull repairs were made, and bootstripe removed, the boat looks very good. |
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#3 jib lead and chainplate. |
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#3 jib lead and exit for below-deck purchase system. |
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Aft lower eye strap, with G10 backing plate |
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#1 genoa track and new windows. Also, the low profile spectra handrails are shown. The track on the cabintop allows inboard sheeting for light wind. |
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G10 backing plates for bow pulpit provide considerable support as well as reinforcing the hull-deck joint. |
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Carbon backing plate for chainplates. |
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G10 and Carbon backing plates for #1 genoa track |
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Below-deck winch system utilizes carbon drums wound with spectra. |
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Exit cleats for twings and jib lead adjusters |
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Bilge pump relocated to beneath floorboards. |
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#3 jib track with standing rigging installed. |
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Jib lead adjuster hood. This has to be strong enough to act as a toe-rail for the foredeck crew. |
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