Welcome to Monkeybones Racing 2014!

It's been a long off season but we've been using that time to upgrade Monkeybones in preparation for the 2014 racing season.  Monkeybones is a 1981 J/36 and has been raced hard over the years and its been showing.  As a result we decided to make an investment to improve both performance and safety.  MB is currently at CSR having undergone some pretty extensive refitting.  We overhauled the rig having replaced all of the mast fittings as well as running rigging.  This includes a new backstay arrangement including flicker as well as jack stays which should allow us to control the rig a lot more for the different wind conditions we will see in the PNW.  We also replaced the deck core under the jib sheet tracks and reinforced them so we can load em up more.  We have new life line stanchions as well.  Finally, for those in the pit, we replaced the primary jib winches with Harken self tailing models which should minimize the choreography during tacking drills.  I've included some pictures below showing the work.

MB in the yard at CSR

Finally, we are expanding our crew this year with the objective of not doing EVERY race short handed.  We would like to welcome our new crew members and look forward to seeing the fleet on the water!