And so the mission begins. Can honestly say nothing makes me more nervous than pulling the mast. But the team at Doyles were very professional and super organised and it all went extremely smoothly.
Readying to pull the mast at Half Moon Bay marina.
Taking the boom off.
Big Boys Toys.
Easy does it...
Something is missing...
Pardon the cinematography fail. But you can see the size of her...
Now the real work starts. We have already pulled all the standing rigging and spreaders off, and have removed all the spreader brackets. These will all be checked over and given a birthday. I have applied several coats of varnish to the mast as well, the first of many to come...a lot easier when the mast is out of the boat, though surprisingly not that much faster.
The shipwright has had a look at the masthead and, as I figured, it's all coming apart. Exactly how much has to be rebuilt is to be determined, however, before we go opening her up we need some spar grade sitka spruce to do the repairs. Surely that's available in New Zealand. Surely. Anyone? Hmmm, "Hello, Seattle....?"
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