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Last summer, before taking the boat out of the water, I climbed-low crawled ect to see. I removed the hot water heater which made it easier. I was thinking the packing gland but ruled that out. Next was the stern tube but once I got back there it was obvious the grudgeon bolts were the culprit. Righ...

So one of my issues I need to fix while the boat is on the hard is the "Wallowed Out" bolt holes. Looks like original from 1981. On the inside I was considering roughing up the fiberglass, creating a dam and pouring some slow cure epoxy (Table Top Stuff - up to 4-inch pours) to "Fill the Void" back ...

May replace what I have with some 1/4" inch (6-mm) Dyneema... The bigger stuff does catch and jam. The motor finally arrived in San Francisco and is going through customs. Hopefully it will show up here in a couple of weeks. Once the boat is back in the water I will take more pictures with the sails...

Biggest issue so far is what I used for "lacing". The top has a few section of 1-inch webbing. Not the best stuff - strong as heck but alot of friction on the mast. I did get parrels beads but got the wrong size. Will be replacing with larger beads and line. Right now just figuring out the reefing l...

Working on the running rigging. Main sail shown with a triple reef.

Oh yeah too many projects. The bummer is I took all of May off from work to get the motor installed. I have been doing things here and there but I will now have to spend a few hours after work each day once the motor shows up.

Ha I wish. My beta block is stuck in Japan. Once it makes it way to the UK and get assembled it will be enroute to San Francisco. AND once it is there it gets trucked to Alaska..... I bet end of July.....

Main sail. Working on the lacing but the wind kicked up. The roach isn't too much.

It green. Most of our snow is gone. Things are turning green, bird, bees and bears are out roaming. Now I just need a motor to arrive....

Not sure. Those were all the old stuff I took down. It actually started to crumble as I removed it.

My addition was a Davis Wind Vane on the mizzen. Both main and mizzen got new blocks and a check. All new lines (rigging) was mostly installed. What is left I can get at deck level.