CS34 Masting

Before going to the club, I went to Holland Marine Products, and picked up some yellow striping and new windex tabs.

Got the club a little before 3pm.  It was cold and raining very hard.  Could not get into the parking lot to get the cover frame pieces because they were grading the yard.

Went to the boat and attached the dodger.

Dave and Tony came around 4pm, and we brought the boat to the masting crane.

It was here we met Wendy and Mike.  Over to the mast with a dolly, we moved it over the crane.  I wanted to put in a spinnaker halyard and topping lift; there were tracer lines in the sheaves, but could not find where they came out at the bottom.  We taped the spreader boots with rigging tape.  Man it was raining hard! The mast went up without incident, just snugging up the upper shrouds.

We moved the boat back to the dock, and did the initial tuning of the rigging. Tony was very knowledgeble with this and explained things well. 

Dave and I connected the wiring in the mast and confirmed that all the mast lights worked.  The wind instrument is working.  We also lifted the floorboards and located the transducers.  Found the plugs and realized that we can pull the transducers to troubleshoot.  Will do another day.

Said good bye to Wendy, Mike, and Tony; THANKS SO MUCH GUYS!!!

After Dave left, I hung around the boat and it continued to rain hard.  I attached the bimini and connector panel.  I hung the boom with the topping lift and cleated the mainsheet to the mast.  To wet to run all the lines under the coachroof.  Looks like the vang needs to be cleated at the mast, and was dissapointed that the topping lift is too short to run to the cockpit.  Will have to evaluate the deck organizers and clutches to see if I can move them back to the cockpit.

I was soaked and cold, the little ceramic heater was not keeping me warm, so I fired up the burners on the propanne stove.