After weeks of hoisting Mark up and down the mast, he finally made it to the top. We've installed mast steps up to the top, lazy jacks in between the spreaders and the radar just under the top spreaders but now we had to go all the way up to investigate installing the wind system and VHF antenna.
Once we got a look at the top of the mast we were faced with mounting problems. Put aside the huge hassle of running wires down through the mast we found there was no room to mount the wind system or the VHF antenna up there. The universal mount on the VHF doesn't account for the 1/2 inch overhang around the top and would need to be modified somehow, we had hoped that the old antenna had just snapped off and all the wiring and mounting would still be up there, no such luck.
There is an old wire up there which we assume was for a VHF and we can see where it comes out of the bottom of the mast but have no clue where it connects inside the cabin or if it even still works.
We are still enjoying the lazy hot days as summer comes to a close.
Nap time.
First time using the ironing board, not for clothes though, for perler bead crafts.
I love seeing what people end up using to prop up hatches, we use spice bottles. I've seen a number of blocks of wood, a cork screw, chop sticks, books, remotes...
Mark finally got around to installing the vents in the amas. The outer hulls were always musty and damp because there was no air flow, we now have two on each end of each ama.
Hopefully this will help.
How to apply silicone without a calking gun? Squeeze silicone into a cup and spread it with finger. The things we do to save ourselves another trip to the hardware store.
My little minion coiling lines.
Our resident goofball, every boat needs one.
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