Thanks Doug, I was particularly interested in the shot of the Dwyer reefing hook. Boats I've sailed in the past had reefing hooks, but my boat came with a 1/2" line hanging from the reefing grommet and no hooks. Unfamiliar with this system, I used the line to tie the sail down to the boom. It worked, but looked sloppy and was more difficult to tie as opposed to hook. I looked for a hook, but only found one with an eye that I figured I'd attach using a longer gooseneck bolt. The Dwyer hook looks like a better solution.
I noticed in photo #3 a block at the aft end of the boom. Is that the upper mainsheet block? If so, how do you attach it to the boat? Does the bottom block attach directly to the traveler? The other sets of photos on your site were a real pleasure to view, a very neat website. I like your Bolger light dory. I've had Dynamite's book for a few years and have been planning to build one, but once I got the M15 I hesitated because I didn't want a dink the was longer than the tow boat. I could use my Nymph, but being one of my early boat building projects, I built it too heavy. Its ok on the water, but on and off the truck its a monster. I was a member of a yacht club once where a fellow had a steel hull sailboat. He would always say that he had right-of-way on all points of sail. My Nymph is kind of like that. Now I'm thinking of a strip plank version of the 10' Lawton tender, 75 pounds and stunning. Well this is a lot of verbiage for one question, do you like the light dory? Rick Langer M15 #337 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
