Bow jewelry

[Boatmon]

Our bowsprit, it like so much needed some attention, so a friend of mine fabricated a "sheath" to cover the plank. It goes from the front of the anchor winch out and over the front, the sides are covered, and the bottom side out over the bow is also covered. I hoped that it would help, but I never would have guessed that a little stainless could make such a huge difference.

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Little by little we are making progress.

[joe.baar]

This is soooo elegant. How lucky you are to have a friend who can do work like this.

Any ideas about why anchor rollers usually rotate on a bolt and locknut instead of using a clevis pin and clip ring? The idea of having threads on a stainless connection exposed to salt water gives me the willies but I'm not finding any examples to the contrary.

Nice work.

[Boatmon]

Our back pin is as you described, but the forward roller....was sized up on the steel bolt and wouldn't budge. After much negotiating, some heat and a grinder it finally came out. So what I did was bought a 3/4" stainless bolt and acorn nut, then I had a local machine shop drill a hole down the center to just beyond the 1/2 way point, then an intersecting hole at what would be the center of the roller, then tapped the bolt head for a zerk fitting and pumped full of synthetic grease after assembly. It was the best idea that I could come up with. BUT, as I said the original bolt was just steel....