Rope
The lines were in various states of aging, fraying, and chafing. No ends were ever whipped and lines have been left exposed to tropical UV and tradewinds since she was put on the hard in early 2022, and probably since her 2019 refit. Best to replace prior to launch and keep anything decent to repurpose or as spares.
The OVNI bible has a list of running rigging (images below) which translates into the table below. The colour choices are mine. Will order this material and consolidate with the refit shipment. I welcome any thoughts!
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Other rigging
Z-Spars suppied much of the rigging on Sakura. A link to their very basic website.
Z-Spars is represented in NA by US-Spars in Gainesville FL. I found them to be somewhat unresponsive to emails at first, and to make matters worse they made an order picking error for some vang parts shipped to Curacao. Frustrating, however when advised of this they responded like we'd wish all businesses did, and immediately sent me the correct part. Bravo!
Blocks
The blocks are faded but otherwise appear to be in decent shape, though there have been some random additions/replacements.
Base of Mast
- 4ea (2 per side) Z-Spars 80mm swivel blocks, Ref: 302, with swivel and M10 bolt mount through mast collar.
- 1ea 2" barton block, swivel, shackle mounted. Owner added.
- 1ea barton snatch block. Owner added.
SS, looking aft. (Duct tape was another owner addition, since removed and cable chafe protection added.)
PS, looking aft
Note 70mm Wichard block with swivel and becket below vang, for vang control line. I do not believe becket is used. Vang has since been rebuilt.
80mm blocks - I believe these are for the main halyard, reefing lines and outhaul.
2" barton block, and 2" snatch block. Not sure what these are for. They are forward of the main 80mm blocks, so mast exits will probably tell the story. I have better quality replacements already aboard, but may opt for the boring-looking but reliable Z-spar units.
Mainsheet system
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