1990 Canadian Sailcraft CS34 Shoal Draft
Sail #8268

1982 Catalina 22 Fin Keel
Sail #10506

1994 MUMM 36 ACE
Sail # 29206

Saturday, November 8, 2014

ACE Demasting

Met Mike, Michael, Jenny, and Peter for breakfast at Egg Smart for a nice breakfast.

Got to club a little after 10am, and got the motor started.

We had to heal the boat over, and gun the motor to get through the mud past our slip.

At the mast crane, we were firmly stuck in the mud.

Took our time removing the boom, vang, running backs, checks, backstay, forestay, and mast wiring.

Mike taking off the starboard shrouds.
Peter on port with Barb manning the crane
Meanwhile Michael and Jenny got the cradle setup:



We took our time rigging up lines above the balance point between the lower and upper spreader to do the lift.

Mark came over when we were ready to lift.

Start of lift

Clear of the deck

Bringing her down

We cleaned up the mast and moved it over to the mast racks.

We also moved Impromptu's mast.

Barb and I spent a bunch of time cleaning up the ropes, while I vacuumed up about 10 gallons of water in the bilges.

Mike winterized Impromptu with Mark.

Stickless in Whitby

Peter and Jenny helped me winterize big Still Time; it was all ready and took about 10 minutes.

Good day, despite the weather.

Loaded the rest of the sails from ACE into my car and took them to my place; the car was FULL!

That following sails are at my place.
  • racing main
  • delivery main
  • heavy #1
  • light #1
  • #2
  • #3
  • four spinnakers


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