Lowered CYANE's mast to get her ready for the road trip. First we hooked up the trailer so it wouldn't tip, then we took the boom and mainsail off and my little pirate disappeared with it.
Loosened the turnbuckles and took the forward pin out of the tabernacle.
Tied the bow line to the furler, ran the line through a shackle on the bow tang and cleated that line. Then we removed the clevis pin from the jib stay, loosed the line and slowly lowered the mast. One hand for the line and the other hand to keep the mast centered over the mast crutch.
(L-R) Spinnaker halyard block, jibstay/furler, jib halyard. CYANE can be set up with either a jib furler or her stock hanked on jib.
Skipper skippervising.
Used our Porter Cable cordless shop vac to get some rainwater out of the bilge. We keep the cuddy and ports covered with a tarp, but the rainwater got in there by running down the mast, out the cuddy drains and onto the inspection ports. The ports are original and need to be replaced, sealant failed also. New ports are on order.
Some detail shots of how things are secured for the road trip.
Ready for the road trip!
Log of CYANE.
