Spidsgatter Pax > Chart Table, bulkheads & hardware (9) > Reefing setup on boom
There are two reefs on Pax new Hasse & Company main sail. I was able to use the stopper block and turning block location of one of the former setups, but needed to drill new holes through the boom for the forward set. Our test sails have been done with one reef tied in. Spinlock PXR cam cleats are being tested to hold the outhaul and one reef. Back up cleats will be installed before stronger wind tests. I use (and love) the Tufnol blocks visible in this photo. You can find them at the With a few conversations and sketches, Diana Talley created a perfect chart table for Pax. I wanted to maximize open air space inside the cabin, have easy access from the cockpit, use the (also new) engine box top as my seat and have an engine and electrical panel that hinged down for comfortable wiring projects. Diana recommended the bulkhead location and shape, picking up some of the design features of the early Danish details, while also achieving the functional needs I have now. Originally, there was a hanging locker style top to bottom bulkhead here. We may do a top to bottom bulkhead on starboard, but for now, this achieves the open space with important structural support for both chart table and setee. It is built of wana, with the bulkhead bones of marine okuome plywood from Edensaw Woods. in Port Townsend.