Spring Preparations
The weather here is starting to warm up and people are starting to prep their boats for the season. There has been a lot of speculation about whether boats would be put in this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak or not. The boatyard has been pretty quiet up to the last week or so and boats are starting to go in. Last season I had to go up the mast in the Bosen chair. Most of the people climbing masts don't recommend climbing wire halyards. The main halyard is actually in pretty rough shape so this season with the mast down I decided to replace it with an all rope halyard and eliminate the wire split. This will give me a lot of peace of mind for the next time I have to climb the mast. This Spring I am preparing for the conversion to roller furler. This required a rigging change for Woodstock's forestay. I needed to switch out the turnbuckle at the bottom and the top needed to have a toggle end. I picked up a new forestay at Rigging Only Sometimes t