Improved Soling One Meter Rigging Attachments
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The drawing
shows how you can improve the strength and dependability of the mast rigging-to-hull
attachments. The small wood-screw eyelet that is supplied with the model
for attaching the four points on the hull, over time, can pull out. Once
that happens, it is difficult to get them to stay again. Epoxy might help,
or you can go to a larger eyelet.
The eyelets I used are 1-inch by 4-40 threaded eye bolts, available from model shops (Sullivan No. 549) or hardware stores, either in steel or brass. The ones I got came in a package of four; just right for the forestay, backstay, and two shrouds. Since I used the nut on top of the deck as well as below, I had to purchase an extra four size 4-40 nuts. Having the nut on the top of the deck allows me to tighten them up from the outside, in the unlikely event they come loose.
I used a 1.5 X 2.75-inch piece of 1/4-inch pine under the deck for the forestay, and other spare pieces of the same material for the other points. I put a drop of epoxy on the bottom nuts to keep them from back off.
The probability that the rigging will collapse remains likely, but it certainly won't be because of the hull attachment points!
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