S/Y Linnea

A couple of days with a dehumidifier and proper limber holes in the mast step did the trick.
Some pictures:
Bye bye mast.
Joel actually only calls boats with their sails up for sailing boats. When the sails are down he calls them “mast boats”. When boats don’t have any masts he gets confused.
Offending mast step.

I would like to think I know a thing or two about boats. The problem is, as the years go by, people who know stuff tend to become a bit rigid in their beliefs. But not me, you see. I don’t only know a lot about boats. I have also found a way to keep […]

Warning! Old pictures. This is how the mast is reinforced.
Laminated pine for the mast partner under deck. Also works as an oversized backing plate for deck hardware. I don’t understand why some people use grp-tubes or stainless bolted to deck. This is much simpler for a wooden hull, anyway.
Mast partners

The partner knees are epoxied with […]