herreshoff cat ketch

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mikey
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herreshoff cat ketch

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my fiance and i are having a tough time finding info on our newly accuired h-31 cat ketch as far as rigging the wish bone booms added to which we have never sailed before except for a few trips with friends so we are really clueless... just looking for any kind of help - a web page - a book - anything point us in the right direction please thanks

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On this board you can find several discussions on rigging a catketch. Search for 'choker' or 'wishbone' . Such as this: http://www.freedomyachts.org/viewtopic. ... ker#p39496.
Also have a look at http://www.wyliecat.com,

Good luck and welcome to our board.
Michel Capel, Freedom 44 #4 1981 'Alabama Queen', NED8188, cat ketch with wishbones, home port Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, 52*42.238'N 005*18.154'E.

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Michel Capel, Freedom 44 #4 1981 'Alabama Queen', NED8188, cat ketch with wishbones, home port Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, 52*42.238'N 005*18.154'E.

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heres a pic - it isn't common
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this is the type of wishbones our H31 has
this is the type of wishbones our H31 has
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