Mast stepping
That went quickly. It was blowing rather substantially today so moving the boat onto the second slip, alone & by hand was a bit challenging at times but it went smooth.
Anders lifted the mast and we stepped it, then he left me to do the rigging.
Peter came along for a chat.
Once the mast was secured I moved the boat away from the slip and pre-tensioned the rig so that we can move her to the summer place.
I decided to wait a bit to the evening - the wind shall calm down so it would be easier to maneuver out of this tight spot inside the harbor.
Lennart’s Bimsy will get her wooden mast in coming days.
I came back later in the evening, with sails and some bulky stuff to load the boat for summer. Easier to do it now when she lies along the bridge than later on, when we lay between booms.
I cast off and motored out of the harbor. First time this year!
Calm conditions, hardly anyone in the harbor. One guy came out when he heard pleasant, old-time “puff puff” sound of my tiny Yanmar-san engine.
I finished house-keeping procedures at dusk. Meritaten is now secured in her summer berth, I will tension the staying rig this week and mount sails.
My big-boat Meritaten is dwarfed by her modern-time neighbors….