Fran: A bow pulpit can also keep you from falling overboard! --Gary Hyde Pullman, WA gmhyde1@mac.com M17 #637 'Hydeaway 2' "...There's nothing quite like messing about in boats..." On May 6, 2006, at 12:07 PM, htmills@bright.net wrote:
Fran,
That would be one of the more straightforward projects, I would think. I would position the pulpit on deck ( a helper to keep it in place might be a good thing ), sight it from different angles to make sure it looked like it was on straight, mark the holes on the deck, drill them, do the seal-with-epoxy routine, and then bolt it down with caulk, using at least fender washers if not a bona fide backing plate. What would really be great is if the pulpit came with loose backing plates (extra flanges like on the bottom of the pulpit).
After considering removing the pulpit on BuscaBrisas, I started noticing how often it really was used. Here are a few ways I find myself using it:
1. Mast support while trailering.
2. Place to hook a halyard when it isn't actually hooked to the head of a sail.
3. Handle for moving the boat around at the dock.
Tod M17 #408 BuscaBrisas
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces +htmills=bright.net@mailman.xmission.com ] On Behalf Of Fran Lebowitz Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 1:53 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: harbor guides
Hi , How doable is it to install a bow pulpit on an older M15 that never had one? What disadvantages are there to not having one on the boat?
Fran
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