sailing without a mast
Since April 18th when Mist broke her mast during a beercan race, she has been sitting at her slip looking a little forlorn. A sailboat without a mast is very conspicious and obviously crippled. Perhaps in part as compensation and in part as making lemonade when life hands you a lemon, Keith and I tackled a number of deferred maintenance items aboard Mist. It may also been a case of working on a boat is still a lot more fun than working on anything else. First thing we tackled is polish and wax the hull. It’s been over two years since we had given Mist a good buffing and waxing. The last...
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Having to line up a yard to replace the mast, I had to call around to the various boat yards to accommodate our boat. You can really get a feel about the competencies of the yard by their handling of my calls. We decided that our past experiences with SF Boatworks did not warrant our continued patronage. So we nixed out SF Boatworks as a possible yard for mast repair. Svendsens Boatworks – we’ve heard a lot of accolades about Svendsens and they were our first choice for a boat yard. They were efficient in routing my call to the relevant person, except that he was not very available....
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