![]() ![]() We docked and then lowered the anchors, then moved the bow over the dock Mike Davis is an artist and a talented welder. Take a look at the welding process photos. This mod, we are now pulling up on both anchor rollers which are thru bolted with larger bolts than our forestay uses, so we have no worries about strength here. On the newer IPs, with the larger bow rollers, they can simply shackle to the existing roller structure. This places the Code Zero attachment point dead center and well forward of the forestay. We moved the boat to the docks and placed the bow over the dock and Mike was able to modify our bow rollers and we added a new arch welded between the two rollers. ![]() We needed to add an attachment point on the bow, so we hired the best welder in Stuart, Florida, Mike Davis of Native Welding. Here is a photo of the first day we hoisted the sail: Sailing 2 knots in 4 knots of wind, Code ZERO only! Welding the Bow We welded a new attachment point between the anchor rollers and we added a new self-tailing winch to the mast. To accomplish this we added a masthead crane extension and a new halyard. Then when you are finished with it, you simply furl it up and it stays in place forward of the jib. The true beauty is that the sail simply unfurls and out it comes. These sails are good with a wind angle of 40 degrees down to 140 degrees but the best angle is 50 to 110 and apparent winds up to 20 knots. Once finished we really had nothing to show for all this work and money, so, we bought Island Spirit a cool new CODE ZERO furling spinnaker. Then Hurricane Maria damaged us and we came back to Stuart Florida for repairs by Mack Sails. After repairing and rebuilding our new mast and rigging, we finally got the boat back to where it was when we stored her in Puerto Rico. We added a new sail to our rig, a CODE ZERO. ![]()
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