Mizzen is going in this morning, finally. Can't express how stressful the slow rate of progress has been. Wayne, Jonathan and I are finishing off a few systems jobs but really it's now down to the rig and finishing the last layer of the transom, then we can take her sailing. Had one unexpected fail; the three 220V water pumps that provide feed water to the watermakers and refrigeration all failed, a result of many years of just sitting with salt water in the pump housings and galvanic corrosion occuring between the bronze pump housings and the 304 stainless steel shafts; the ends of the shafts simply dissolved. Getting them rebuilt and should be back early next week. We also managed to extract the broken window in the saloon after much head scratching and experimental disassembly of woodwork. In the end it just required a suction cup and for me to nearly herniate myself pulling on it.
We have lost two crew now and have not definitively replaced them yet, but we have a few irons in the fire and hopefully we will have a full compliment come sail day.
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