So, I dreamt how I might do a bowsprit last night. I thought I'd throw it out here for comments. For a couple of years I've been thinking about a deck mounted retractable/removable bowsprit to fly an asymmetrical spinnaker. Seldon makes one for larger boats http://www.seldenmast.com/download.cfm? ... -261-E.pdf . There are several other makers, as well. Basically they all have some kind of cradle/ring attachment at the bow and a couple of pad eyes on the deck, one for deployed and one for retracted position at the back end of the pole.
My hesitation has been how to fabricate and attach the bow mounting. And that's what I dreamt last night and I think it should work. I could make the cradle out of high density polyethylene to attach to the deck and then just lash it down with a Spectra line. I would drill a couple of holes through the lip where the hull and the deck join and that would be it. It seems so simple that I don't know why I did not think the earlier.
Now that I've ordered the UPS, I guess that's got my mind spinning. All comments welcomed!