Hello Scott, yep I'm still around.
OK, on to your questions:
1. I've never measured my bimini, it was already on the boat when I bought it. However I'm also on Travis at Riviera Marina, so if your interested, feel free to drop by on a weekend and I'll break out the tape measure w/you.
As a side note, I put new sails on her last year, from Bartlett Sails here in Austin. To accomodate the slightly larger main than was originally on it, I had to cut the bimini supports down by a couple of inches. I still have plenty of standing headroom in the cockpit though. I'd recommend that you talk to John, as he did all my new hatchcovers and can make ya a bimini if you need one. All of his work is top notch, from canvass to sails. Oh yeah, the boom is secured in the mast track.
2. I'm in the same shape w/my traveler that you are in. I'm sure it's not original equipment, but I'm having hell finding the right size blocks for the port and starboard lines. It's a unique (to me) design, and I have searched all the manufacturers (Harken, etc) with no luck. It appears that someday I may have to just replace the entire traveler system, something I'm not looking forward to doing.
3. Jack Moore did my bottom job. There is a marina up in Sandy Creek behind Starnes Island with a hydraulic lift (I forget the name of his marina, but once you get past Starnes, head to the left and go all the way back up in there, you'll see it. That's where Jack is. He's a crazy old coot, but his guy Jesus (haysoos) is a wizard with fiberglass. I did go ahead and spring for a good anti microbial bottom paint from West Marine. The cool part of this job was not having to drop the mast
shoot me an email if you'd like to get together someday. I'd love to see your boat as well. (evoigt@swbell.net)
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My keel is bolted on inside the hull, and it's made of lead.
