The new mast step was installed yesterday (Tuesday) - and the mast is schedule to be re-stepped tomorrow (Thursday)
Some of the improvements the yard has done:
- Trimmed some minor corrosion from the base
- Newly fabricated mast step (deck-stepped)
- New VHF antenna
- New LED Spreader Lights
- New halyard pulley at the top of the mast
- All wires now run down the inside of the mast
- New Mast Head assembly (for wind instrument, speed & direction)
- New Wind Vane
- Spreaders painted
- New wiring to the steaming light
- Old TV antenna removed
- Fixed a problem with a bend in the gooseneck assembly that had a jammed clevis pin (for the main tack cringle)
I originally had the mast un-stepped May 29th - and hopefully will have it re-stepped Thursday October 25th.
2018-10-26 Update:
The mast re-stepping went (mostly) well...
As I suspected, the yard built the new mast-step much taller than the section of the mast base that they trimmed...
...which resulted in the aft-lower shrouds now being too short to be secured safely with cotter pins. The rigger is supposed to drop by sometime next week to sort out some kind of a solution (e.g. add additional rigging toggles above the turnbuckle).
The original problem:
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