Mast work, sushi, and grease guns
Wednesday 13 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 14: Clean sail cavity and luff tube, check mast electrics, dinning out with Flora crew, and grease injecting seacocks. Quite a range of activities today.…
Wednesday 13 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 14: Clean sail cavity and luff tube, check mast electrics, dinning out with Flora crew, and grease injecting seacocks. Quite a range of activities today.…
Tuesday 12 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 13: Install smoke detector and re-thread all halyards inside the mast. Then attend an OCC reception in Annapolis Yacht Club. The day starts damp and…
Monday 11 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 12: New bike tyres, new coax fittings on the mast, and glassing up some holes in the rudder. It’s a dull day today, and for…
Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN days 10 & 11: A full weekend on the thru-hull project. Completed by Sunday evening. These last 2 days were a bit of…
Friday 8 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 9: A full day preparing all fittings for the 5 thru-hulls, then fitting 3 out of 5 backing plates. Up nice and early again. Well,…
Thursday 7 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 8: Life raft and back stay piston collected, Amazon orders rolling in, 5 thru-hulls removed, and dinner with the gang. Production has started! We were…
Wednesday 6 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 7: 1 week down and finally off starting block. Volvo exhaust elbow replaced and thru-hull fittings arrive. Woke to pouring rain. A bit stumped what…
Tuesday 5 Oct, re-launch 2021, HHN day 6: A day of faffing around, trying to get into the work groove. Not a very productive day. Seems like we were busy but not…