A local rigging company contacted me about making some teak bits and bobs for a yacht on the marina. They needed 3 winch base pads and 2 blocks to strap the lifeboat down onto the deck with. 2 of the winch pads were over 300mm diameter and 45mm thick on one side and 15mm on the opposite side. The winches are mounted on the cockpit moulding and bolted through alloy plates in the moulding. They had to be tilted to get the best angle of pull. The cost of teak in thick planks like this is huge and making all these parts used quite a length of a thick and wide board.
The lifeboat holders were needed to hold a new 8 man lifeboat on the foredeck. They were made by using a thin MDF template and I used a router with a bearing cutter on it to follow the edge. They required some fettling on the marina which meant having to remove 10mm from the middle of a 52mm wide piece of teak to fit the deck curvature without making a mess on the pontoon. Next time I will template the deck and do it all off site!
