The Ballad Exchange

Funny old question, any chance you could take some photos of the 'hole' left by the truss now you have removed it? Did you end up removing the small bulkhead aft of the truss

Cheers Bob, hope the weather has warmed up some!

I didn't want to subvert Bobs thread too greatly away from his own great efforts on his mast foot. I wanted to gather some opinions on my own mast foot and whether anyone had left theirs and what their thinking was? If I look at the bolts for'ard of the mast step, I can see they are rusty leading me...

Awesome stuff Bob, you've got lots of fun work to do there! I will look to emulate your 'top hat' of the bulkhead without removing them.

Cracking thread, and great videos and post production - very inspirational!

Ah I saw on your thread you had stripped the underneath of the side deck where the genoa track ran, pretty extreme stuff. I look forward to seeing the photos!

Any updates Bob?

Gosh, that was some time ago! A cracking response then and now. I suppose glueing the bulkheads back to the tabs would require their removal and given my limited facilities and time I'd like to avoid that. So I could potentially remote the bolts (guessing not wise with the rig up!?), 'top hat' the o...

They got some many things right on the Ballad, I suppose they were bound to get some stuff plain wrong. I will wait until you have made good your repair sir, and then if our inspections give me any doubt, I will look at following your lead (and hopefully instructions :) ). As the risk of taking this...

Thanks Bob, we are breeding our own crew! Thanks for the photos, I don't get any shadows or bubbles coming through on the front of the keel although that may be hidden by our coppercoat . It looks a pretty drastic surgery, although a lot less drastic than ending up with a hole in your hull at the fr...

Thanks, cracking idea have it mounted there. I use my iPhone all the time for navigation, so having it mounted as you have makes a lot of sense.