I played with these pesky gaffs long enough........time to get off the seat! the big problem.......I glue the brass blade sliver to the toothpick........then when I'd go and trim it, it would rip it off. time to get smart.......lets do some prep to the sliver of brass. I want to put a barb at the rear of the blade......try ti cut it with the clippers, and it would pop off. all I got was these two at the early stages of the process.
so......lets make the barb cut before cementing the sliver on the toothpick...............BRILLIANT!!!! I had already done a few without cutting the barb.........no matter......I'm gonna use them! ....not like it will be too noticeable anyway. after making the rest of what I needed.....and trimming the point. it was time to paint everything.
paint the blades.......and the red ring for a little bling, and I was almost ready to go.
yea.......not the best picture........here's a better one.....
I started to add the few additional parts to the winch.
cementing the gaffs on the racks.......they were cemented in place......in the fish box first.
this one is for the companionway......
I'll need to make the netting soon.........
this is the diagram I got with the Cux 87.........I have green and I have brown netting. I think I will go with the brown. I also need to make the net bar........I have more than enough chain the companionway gaff rack is in place now.
the fish box was put back on deck.
I've started to work on the mast again........a few more parts are needed. once the winch is in place, then the mast can be cemented in permanently. I will have to alter my shroud and ratline set up due to the dump ramps, but it won't be too bad.
