Another Problem Solved

Can't remember if I mentioned this or not, but Lagoon has a design flaw in their main sheet system.  When we first bought the boat, the main sheet block was tied to the end of the boom.  I could see where the bail had broken and they tied it, so I figured they were just too lazy to repair it correctly.  So, I removed the end of the boom, slid out the broken bail and slid in the new bail.  There are three other bails just sliding loose along the bottom of the boom.

When I discussed it with the rigger, he said I did the right thing.  The bail is designed to break free when the wind is too strong to avoid breaking the rig.  Basically a fuse for the rig.  Great.  We went sailing and in just 20 knots of wind the new bail broke and the boom crashed into the shroud.  After looking on-line, I found that this is a design flaw on the Lagoon 380 and 410 series and you either tie it with a line, or you come up with another solution.

I found a picture of an all stainless steel bail that was sold by a boat dealer in Australia.  It was sold with a brand new Lagoon 380.  So, I sent the picture to a good friend in NY and he made me the same.

So now I have to make sure to not overload the rig, but having a boom slam into the shroud doesn't seem like the right answer either.  We had the bottom scrubbed today and went out to test everything and all went well.  Moving ahead one step at a  time.

Shiny new bail for the main sheet block to attach to.

Found another Fast Garvey 10.  This is first I have seen.  Not as pretty as mine, but he built his exactly as the plans had it.

My dinghy for those who haven't seen it.