Sunday, May 23rd, exactly two weeks after we left Boston, we started dis-assembling our sailboat. Here are the steps so we remember how to “put it back”…😬
Remove the sails
Bundle the running rigging (the lines which control the sails)
Disconnect the mast electrical wires
Construct a mast support
Remove the bimini and the starboard solar panel (our arch is our rear mast support)
Loosen the stay turnbuckles and straighten the cotter pins
Call in the professionals…
Strap it all down!
Re-mount the radar, solar panel and re-install the bimini
After 3 days of hard work we are now a 64ft power boat with an air draft of 13.54ft. This allows us to clear the 15.6ft fixed bridge at the western end of the Erie Canal.
Wow…that’s a lot of work. I’m glad your travels brought you our way. Enjoy the rest of the loop.