And She's Up

As previously mentioned in our last blog entry we have been busy repairing the mast, and last Friday we managed to get the “flaming mast” standing again.  We are still awaiting our sails to be repaired, as we only decided after the mast was up that we would be able to get the main fixed, so haven’t yet had a sail.

Photos below to show the journey, and now we just need to pay the bills......

 



Mast Sections and all the tools of the trade waiting to be collected to take around to the factory.

Cleaning up the break before realigning

Gluing the doubler on the inside

Ready for external repair

Wet out with special resin prior to laminating

Carbon uni's prior to double bias

Sails loaded up and ready to take to the sail maker on a balmy NSW morning!

Faring the repair for painting

 

First coat of the decal over the lower repair

Rylee and Oliver working on their Art Work for the Mast - Racing Flames!

Paige showing off her knot tying skills while securing the halyards for transporting the mast



Oliver learning about masking up and using a new art tool - the Stanley knife!

Apprentice Rigger in the making - Paige putting together the foils for the furler

All trailered up and ready to go on the Thursday morning

The first moments of lifting it up into the air, nerve racking to say the least!



The Riggers worker up the mast to release the crane strop. The biggest big of excitement was when the crane tried to take off with Josh up the mast and one of the lines from the boat still attached to his tow bar!

The trusty steed!- Dan's transport to the factory for the past few weeks, with Cronella in the back ground -
Thanks Johnny Bigfoot

Back together again!