C22 Masting and Epoxying

Brother in law Hans was heading back to BC the next day.

We headed down to the boat to maybe go for a sail, but there wasn't any wind.

We instead prepped and raised the mast on little Still Time.

Took some to to run the halyards, attached spreaders, windex, VHF and shrouds.

Dockmate Scott help and we raised the mast at the dock:

That was easy:

Hans and I spent some time epoxying some holes in the cabintop from the old handrails.

We picked up some two part epoxy putty stick from the chandlery:

https://www.oatey.com/products/oatey-fixit-stick-epoxy-putty-1829259701

Never used this product, and Hans recommended it.

Masked off the 8 holes I needed to fill, and cut off a 1" piece of this stuff.
After squishing with my hands for a couple of minutes, it started to cure, and easily put it in the holes.

Worked great and only $13!
Much between than mixing up resin and thickening it with cabosil.

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We also attached the new stainless grab rails with butyl tape, and installed new thru deck fittings for the coax and 12v to the mast.