July 4, 2011
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Sailing Solo — The Bare Necessities
I really really miss sailing my Rhodes Bantam. However with the Tyke being too young to swim yet, if I go out on it, I must go alone. Sailing alone necessitates rigging alone. And this means making modifications to my Bantam’s mast step.
I’ve looked into converting the base into a hinged mast step.
Here are links to a few online retailers of sailboat mast hinged steps:
http://www.apsltd.com/c-934-dwyerdinghymastboomparts.aspx
http://www.rigrite.com/spars/Zspar/Z-Mast_steps_hinged.html
I’m also hoping to splurge and get some new lines from http://shop.sailboatowners.com, as my current ones are getting kinda crispy from all the UV rays.