Installing a Bow Pulpit on a Typhoon

[Ron Ellis]

For safety reasons, I'd like to install a bow pulpit on my Typhoon Weekender. Thanks to this board, I've acquired one that came off another Ty (Thanks again, Don).

My question has to do with installing backing plates. The cabin headliner would seem to make this impossible. Has anyone installed a bow pulpit on a Ty with backing plates with the headliner in place? Can I cut away the headliner in the places where I need to install the backing plates?

If you're Ty had a bow pulpit, and you removed it. How did you do remove it?

Thanks,

Ron Ellis
Ty #1537
Austin, TX



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[Serge Zimberoff]

Ron...
I know you have thought this through since you have gone to the effort to get the bow pulpit for your Ty. Since it isn't installed yet I just thought I'd throw out my opinion for whatever it is worth (usual 2 cents?).
If you are planning to be doing a lot of sailing in rough waters under conditions where you need to change head sails often the safety issue makes sense to me. If you ever plan to sail up to a dock or sail off from a dock I feel that the pulpit creates more problems than it solves. The reduced bow area available for boarding plus the fact that you can't use the forestay to grab onto leaves the crew with few options.
Just my feelings which are clearly biased since I come into and leave the dock under sail whenever possible.
Serge
Ty #1400 'Cloning Around'



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[Joel]

My pulpit was installed with no backing plates. The safety thus provided isn't what one would hope. Deck deformation from heavy crew (actually me) allowed water into the core, which leads to another story. The liner makes installing backing plates difficult. I won't be reinstalling my pulpit until I figure that one out. Deinstalling was easy. Crew unscrewed the deck-facing screws until the nuts and washers fall off inside. I was able to reach those nuts that were above the liner with a wrench. The others went through the liner and were easy to reach.


Good luck,

Joel
s/y Pokey II
'73 Ty #549
Baysside, NY

[J. Chamberlain]

We knew nothing when we bought our TY 20 years ago, so we had the yard install a bow pulpit, for safety. They cut access holes in the liner for the bolts and backing plates.
J. Chamberlain
Lancaster, Va.



jchamber@kaballer.com

[Rick Rosenberger]

Ron...

I agree with serge add to that adding a pulpit really looks ugly throws off the look of the boat. I have yet to see a Typhoon with pulpit that looks right. Its all way out of proportion that huge contraption on the realitivly small bow of a typhoon.


rick
ty #727 second wind

I know you have thought this through since you have gone to the effort to get the bow pulpit for your Ty. Since it isn't installed yet I just thought I'd throw out my opinion for whatever it is worth (usual 2 cents?).
If you are planning to be doing a lot of sailing in rough waters under conditions where you need to change head sails often the safety issue makes sense to me. If you ever plan to sail up to a dock or sail off from a dock I feel that the pulpit creates more problems than it solves. The reduced bow area available for boarding plus the fact that you can't use the forestay to grab onto leaves the crew with few options.
Just my feelings which are clearly biased since I come into and leave the dock under sail whenever possible.
Serge
Ty #1400 'Cloning Around'

r.rosenberger@valpeyfisher.com

[rodney devine]

I agree with serge and rick, a bow pulpit takes away from the beautiful lines of a Ty..I added a roller furler so I would not have to go forward and change head sails..After buying a beatifully awlgripped and thoroughly restored Ty some years ago, I talked long with the staff of our marina about foredeck safety and the roller furler (a Schaeffer snapfurl) seemed the best way to maintain a safer boat and still keep the classic look of the Ty..I know this is more of the same but good luck..
Rodney Devine
s/v Mischief
Ty 335

Ron...

I agree with serge add to that adding a pulpit really looks ugly throws off the look of the boat. I have yet to see a Typhoon with pulpit that looks right. Its all way out of proportion that huge contraption on the realitivly small bow of a typhoon.


rick
ty #727 second wind

I know you have thought this through since you have gone to the effort to get the bow pulpit for your Ty. Since it isn't installed yet I just thought I'd throw out my opinion for whatever it is worth (usual 2 cents?).
If you are planning to be doing a lot of sailing in rough waters under conditions where you need to change head sails often the safety issue makes sense to me. If you ever plan to sail up to a dock or sail off from a dock I feel that the pulpit creates more problems than it solves. The reduced bow area available for boarding plus the fact that you can't use the forestay to grab onto leaves the crew with few options.
Just my feelings which are clearly biased since I come into and leave the dock under sail whenever possible.
Serge
Ty #1400 'Cloning Around'

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