Thank you for your cooperation.

Todd Downey Fleet Measurer O30

NB The mast step rule was afterward modified by amendment in June 2000

• MAST WEIGHT

  This one will give us headaches. If you find that the stock Sparcrafts are light, we will need to amend the rule a little. For now I say they would be legal.. Todd.

• MAST STEP AGAIN

  Existing steps vary in location more than 1.5 inches in placement assuming forward bulkheads are in the same place. One "original" step measures about 24 7/16 inches from forward bulkhead to front of mast near the floor. The variation is roughly between 24 5/8 inches to 23 1/8 inches.

  Also, we are allowing different materials i.e.metal in the steps as the original wood in some cases is lost and gone.

  These variations are acceptable.

• REPLACEMENT FOR HOLLYBOARD FLOORBOARDS:

  This is legal as long as the boat as a whole weighs in.

• REPLACEMENT FABRIC FOR BUNKS
  
  This is allowed.
  
  
• BEAM OF DESTINY (BOD)

  These are legal -- a bar bolted horizontally between the chainplates under the deck.

• JOCK STRAPS

  A "jock strap" is something many PNW and SF boats have had for a number of years. It means putting a plate under the mast step (hence the rule interpretation), with tangs to attach wire or rod rigging that goes up diagonally to the chainplate bolts; this braces the boat completing the diamond with the Beam Of Destiny. TODD: They were determined to be legal years ago.

  (Also, specifically allowed by amendment June 2000)

• FORE AND AFT STIFFENERS OR STRINGERS

  The foam/epoxy reinforcements under the deck inside the cabin on either side of the forehatch are ALLOWED as a repair to stiffen the deck area without materially stiffening the length of the boat. (This for a boat with a soft foredeck)

  The extra 1-foot high bulkheads fore and aft bracing between the forward bulkhead and the chainplate bulkhead are DISALLOWED and must come out entirely.