So progress has been a little slow the past few weekends, but I am getting some stuff accomplished. Last weekend I worked in the cave and got the old onboard charger pulled out, one battery tray installed with the first battery in it, and the charger wired into the shore power. This weekend I started straightening the bent tabernacle. It's pretty much straight enough to satisfy me, but I think I can do a little better. I also started building a cradle system for the mast during trailering. The previous owner just lashed the mast to the pulpit rails, but I think I can do something more convenient for a one person mast stepping. This is the rear cradle. My plan was to put a bow roller at the stern so I put the base of the mast at the bow and the top of the mast at the stern and use the forestay, a gin pole and the trailed winch for stepping the mast, but I realized tonight that because of the proximity of the tabernacle to the companionway hatch, I think I'll need to step it the other direction. That means the roller goes at the bow as does the top of the mast. The problem that I now face is that I don't know how to winch the mast from the stern of the boat. I'm not worried, I'll figure something out.
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