Progress

More mast progress, filling and primer

Dave Warnock

30 Aug 2021 — 1 min read

Jane has now filled all the areas of the main and mizzen masts where we have removed corrosion.

The plan is to sand the filler and then put the 2 part undercoat on tomorrow.

Meanwhile I removed all the fittings from the mizzen boom (we have a new main boom), sanded and then painted the 2 part epoxy primer onto the mizzen boom and mizzen spreaders.

Now just some tidying up, wash the dinghy and rest before our last day here for this holiday.

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Preparing to move aboard

Blog has moved and is back again

Back at stretching dyneema rigging

Huge changes coming