Hello all, I'm a novice sailer and just purchase a early 70's Daysailer II at an auction. I quickly (via Goole) found my way to this forum, and through it acquired Roger Conrad's fine manual that I read cover to cover the afternoon I received it. In one section Roger speaks of adding an inspection port to the forward bulkhead to repair/replace a missing boweye, and that caught my attention. When I pulled my boat home the first time I had noticed there was no boweye, but rather the boat was tied to the trailer with a number of lines tied to cleats.
I had never seen a boat without one, but know little about sailboats so "what do I know?".
Here finally my question... Is it common for a Daysailer II to not have a boweye? If not, is there a standard position (measured distance) down from the bow point that I should look for a fiberglass fill of the hole?
Why would someone take it off and fill the hole? I would certainly prefer to have one.
Thanks in advance for any help