Quote Originally Posted by solosailor View Post
If a new main is not in the works I would go the "backup" main plan and carry both.
I think so, too.

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i spent a very hot day wood butchering the forward end of the sea hood. This took me HOURS, but then it's got three complex curves in it. One was done with a hand saw, mallet and chisel, with a surform plane at the end to smooth things out. Crude, slow, but effective.