Thursday, October 29, 2009

Crunch Time for the DIYC Classic

In the week before the race we had a huge list of things to do to the boat including:
-Fill the rudder blisters and tip.
-Install the rudder and tiller.
-Change the sail numbers to 116.
-Re-splice the headsail halyards with a kevlar anti-chafe cover.
-Straighten the mast step.
-Step the rig and tune it (for the first time in three months and 3000 miles later).
-Run the halyards.
-Drill out and fill the holes in the deck with epoxy/filler.
-Wash and Teflon wax the hull.

And we got it all done, with some help from our friends, by Saturday morning for the start of the DIYC Classic. Sheehan especially put in a lot of time, filling the blisters and mangled rudder tip, then fairing them smooth. She also helped removed the old sticky-back sail numbers and applied the new ones. Here are a few photos!

Wetsanding in the dorm courtyard


Sail loft in the dorm. My neighbors don't even think it's weird anymore.


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