Galatea: Her keel was laid in 1899 and originally rigged as a yawl, she continues to sail, race and look fantastic as a cutter rigged sloop, sailing the beautiful waters of Grenada and the West Indies.
Working with Jeff Fisher our agent in Grenada, we built the classic cross cut jib and mainsail in balanced Challenge Sailcloth for good bias stability and very good UV to accommodate the many available sailing days.
Mainsail leech strength was dialed up with the addition of the two ply which has a soft curving leading edge to seamlessly transition into the main body fabric. We added one full batten to stabilize the upper third of the main and provided an ‘up and over’ leech for ease of adjustment. The biggest single difficulty was locating bronze external slides to mate with the large original track. Fortunately Bristol Bronze near Newport, Rhode Island still has molds for many of these slides from a bygone era and we were able to replace with new!
