First I attached the 2 large bulls eyes to the foc’sel deck . Instead of tying them to eye bolts, I twisted thin wire around one end and installed it through the hole with super glue.
The windless side pieces will be the rear locating pieces for the focs’l deck. Unfortunately, the deck was located a little too far aft and this caused some fit problems for parts installed later. The sail lockers sit a little crooked because they hit the rear of the focs’l. The remedy for this is to remove the raised frame on the deck which locates the sail lockers and remove the pins from the bottom of the sail locker sides and front. This way the sail lockers can be installed straight.
The catheads also interfered with the railings at the bow. To remedy this, I filed away plastic from the top of the catheads until the rails fit flush with the hull. There were still small gaps between the hull and the rail and I used white glue to fill them.
The rest of the parts associated with the bow and focs’l were installed with no problem.
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