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Title: Mobjack Ketch to Sloop
Post by: spirit of on December 17, 2013, 08:30:46 PM

After 28 years sailing "Spirit of Teresa" my Hereshoff 45 Mobjack copy. I have just converted her into a sloop.
It was quite a job building the new mast step  fitting the new chain plates . And spending years deciding how far back to place the Main Mast.The end result is she both looks better and sails better.
I should have done this years ago. If any one is thinking of building a Mobjack. Save yourself a lot of money and make her a sloop.
Befor I started the project quite a few of my friends said it would be a mistake to change the rig designed by FLH but most of them now agree it was worth it.