Trip 1/20 - Friday Nite - Saturday - June 06/07
Marcia and I went down on Friday night and returned Saturday noon. It was time to take the mast down and, to remove the bulkheads
A nice view of over 350 sailboats at Lake City. They can house 637 boats and a dozen Jet Skis. And, it is a very nice harbor indeed.
We will use this dock and the boom to lift the mast off the boat and lay it down on the pulpits.
After the mast was lifted off, a whole bunch of goo came out. Maybe two handfuls. Had the feeling/look of thoroughly rotten wood. Marcia, Ed and I were not sure what it was, where it came from.
Mast lashed to the pulpits and headed back to our slip.
The only rule in docking the boat is ...
"Do not hit the dock"
I did not.
Saturday and the Admiral starts off with some refreshments.
We broke down and purchased a cooler with wheels. We will leave Woodbury with all iced down. By the time we get there, all will be very cold indeed.
The turnbuckle that supports the mast. All told, there are eight of these.
All lashed and secure.
The hardware from the masthead. More to come tho.
The rest.
The first bulkhead.
Two to go.
All at rest - ready to load.
Lotsa room now. No privacy but, ...
I believe these are the Spreader Caps I placed at the end of the spreader bars thirty years ago.
I do know this. The upper shroud is held to the spreader by tying it to the end cap. The copper wire that was there, I placed thirty years ago. To my knowledge, the mast may have been stepped, but, the upper shrouds were never removed from the spreader bars.
When I got back, I dumped all the hardware in my tumbler. Then, some water and Dawn, and ready for tumbling. After 8-12 hours, all will come out sparkly clean and ready to go again.
This time I used deck screws for the abrasive.
All sealed up, ready to go.
This will spin the barrel at about 20rpm.
Tomorrow, I cut the bulkheads and make one more run to trim them in. Then, return and start the stain/varnish routine.
Later ...