Seems silly spending $ and importing a template. If the material on Sarca`s website isn`t adequate, email Sarca and ask for assistance. Rex Francis, the principal of Sarca is helpful, especially to TF members. You can email them via the website.
Yeah, I didn't wanna have to do that, but...
I first emailed ARA with a question about how the Excel might perform in soft/oozy/soupy mud. Silence. Didn't seem useful to try again with questions about dimensions.
The Excel #8 is what's recommended for our length, weight, windage... but it's also so close to fitting/not fitting the existing davit/roller, I wasn't satisfied with the initial template I started making from measurements on the ARA site.
I still don't know if the #8 would fit. When I had my helper (wifey) along, she could tell from the ground whether the toe might hit the breastplate on the bow when stowed... but that day, I could only check quickly -- with the existing chain in the roller. The #8 wouldn't fully enter the davit that way, partly also because of a bail over the top that limits movement once stowed. I need to try again without the chain in the way, so the extra inch or so that gains might make a difference.
In the meantime, the Vulcan 40 template seems to fit, Steve's testing suggests a Vulcan is viable, I could buy a Vulcan from a local chandler... so I just pulled the trigger on that and called it good enough, at least for a while.
I do still want to know the Excel answer one way or the other. Partly for info for other 58SB owners, partly so I know if the Excel #8 is a viable Plan B if the Vulcan 40 doesn't work out.
-Chris