Tanzer 16 -- Spinnaker Chute -- Part 4

Tanzer 16 -- Spinnaker Chute -- Part 4  -- February 15, 2016  Crew, Tony, had the day off and agreed to hold my hand while cutting a hole in the deck for the chute.  I had already made a template out of Masonite.

So we placed the template as far forward on the bow as we could.

Then we checked under the deck about three times--it looked like it would fit.  Finally we sucked it up and drilled a hole in every corner and cut it out with a jig saw.  We were a little surprised.  The deck is a bit more than 1/2-inch thick.  It took a lot of work with a rasp to get the exact fit we wanted.

Tony fine-tuning the hole.

Then we glued the chute to the deck with micro-fiber and resin mixture.  We held it in place with stainless sheet metal screws.  After lunch, I glued the collar on top of the chute.

We masked around the chute lip and inside the chute to minimize clean-up
later.

 It took a lot of weight to hold foam down tight to the deck.

Five gallons of water and a rail road iron seemed to work.

Meanwhile the boat lifting mechanism is coming together.  Now to find a sewing operation for the sleeve, and a sailmaker to provide the retrieval patch.