Back on the Water Soon?

Well, it has been a long process, but progress is being made. And now at a much better rate!  The missing mast parts including the elusive spreaders finally and mysteriously arrived.  After unanswered emails and phone calls to US Spars, one day, they just seemed to show up.

A few other smaller tasks have been done while the boat was out of the water, including changing the cutlass bearing.  It was showing a little play - not bad, but while it was out of the water, it seemed like a good idea to replace it.  I decided to asked Advanced Marine Works to do this for me as they have done a good job on the bottom paint etc., and manager Steve Stack seems like a good guy, and very knowledgeable on most things boat related.  I am glad I asked them to do it as Steve said he could do it in a couple of hours.  It turned out to be "the hardest one he had ever done".  According to Steve, someone at some point had epoxied the bearing in place and filled the set screws with epoxy.  So I know there was a lot of cussing, hammer beating and heat applied........something I decided not to stick around and watch.  Anyway, its done now.  i will go check out the finished work tomorrow.

The mast - well it is being decked out with the goodies and we are hoping that the boat will be splashed  and the mast lifted on Tuesday of next week - fingers crossed!

Mast being fitted out with lights, electronics etc.