18th August

Did a bit of work on the rig over the weekend. Lowered the mast and removed the dyneema shrouds and ss forestay.  Fitted the roller furling to the forestay (trial fit and cut the foil to length.) Also made up ss shrouds for testing.

Hoisted mast again with stainless rigging.  Bow chainplate not finalized yet.  Got 2 small eyebolts temporally fitted for the tack of gennaker or jib.  Still got to decide if I should use shackles or the eyes on the chainplate to connect a soft shackle to.   The orange strap on the shroud turnbuckle is just a tie down to the cradle in case we get some strong gusts of wind.

Gave the deck its first wash with a hose.

I had to spray the VHF antennae matt black as it got brightly lit up by the red port tricolor light even though it is a thin stainless rod.

Still waiting for the halyards to arrive and got some crappy rope for test hoisting sails at the moment.

Going to fit the boom and hoist the main tomorrow.  Got to plan the sheeting system.

The mast is a lot stiffer with stainless rigging as apposed to dyneema and can get much more forestay tension.