So we finally moved the boat outside and put that rig up. Of course, we had to learn a thing or two from NCIS's Agent Gibbs....how to get a boat out of somewhere without a large enough door! So, the hull measures 95.5 and the door was 96.25 - all should be OK, right? Nope. Interference fit...the boat grows when it is not perfectly straight. I was going to tilt the boat, but the owner of the building was there and grabbed a hammer and chisel and we now have that proverbial 1" clearance. Of course, the height needed for that clearance will change when the boat is moved to the trailer.....
The rig was put up by slipping the boat back into the doorway and standing the rig up from the roof. The companionway is not cut out yet and so the future method of walking the rig up was not going to work. The lengths of the shroud have now been confirmed and the placement of everything looks OK so next week we will have the shrouds swagged and put the rig back up and fit the sails.

Hello Sir,
ReplyDeleteWell done with your progress! One question, what is that for a mast?
Regards,
George
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