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... while Ted and Gerry held the forestay (roller-furler
drum and extrusion with a line attached). |
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We had one heck of a time removing the bolt through the base of
the mast so that we could remove the mast from its plate. First, the wing nut wouldn't
spin; the halyard plate was in the way and we couldn't lift the mast off
enough for any clearance.
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We were finally able to pivot the mast
on the bolt and raise its base enough in the mast step's vertically
slotted hole to remove the wing nut then lower the mast further. I then
had to continue working the bolt out, unscrewing while pulling it
outward. With play in the downed mast I kept
working on removing the bolt. |
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Finally we were able to remove the
mast step bolt. |
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The mast down and stowed for the trip
home. |
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Chip Ahoy, back home for the winter. |
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Now the unpacking and storage begins,
before covering Chip Ahoy for the winter! |
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While pulling the boat onto the
trailer, we ended up about six inches too short. When I unhitched the
trailer I found almost no tongue weight because the boat's too far
back on the trailer. Thank goodness for foresight and jackstands under
the back of the trailer! I expect when I remove the outboard motor, gas
tanks, tiller and batteries the trailer will sit better for the winter. |
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We missed centering the keel into its
rubber "V" as well, but it's lowered onto the cross member
where it'll rest for the winter: not much else can be done at this
point. Note the rust spot, no doubt from where I scraped bottom coming up the Annisquam
River in August on my trip home from Maine. I'll have to take care of
that in the spring as well. (Oct. 14, 2004) |
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NEXT |
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It's never-ending ...
but Sailing Season '04 is over along with all the fun |
