Yesterday, before leaving I laminated the masthead crane.  I was running low on hardener, but I chanced it.  Anyway there wasn’t enough for th epoxy to kick fully, so I had to peel everything off this morning, clean the crane again, and re-laminate it.  It was super sticky, so it took a while.  Anyway it is nice and cured now and ready to be sanded.

I also spent a few hours sculpting the G-10 lashing eyes for the running backstays.  Uppers, lowers and runners.  I couldn’t get a good photo of the sculpted bits, (the were all out of focus) but they look cool. 

 

Above is the first one laminated to the rig.  I’ll clean it up in a couple of days so it looks good, and then re-laminate it again with more uni carbon, and it will look nasty again.  Two steps forward, one step back.  I only did the port side today.

And then the blender base.  See, I told you…  Blender base.

I’m going to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow and meeting with some folks, coming back on Monday night.  Tuesday I’m painting the deck with Steve Olive from the Edison Sailing Center.  It will be nice to nick that off the list.

-Ryan