Thanks to all for the compliments and tips along the way.
I’ve got one more enhancement to share after sailing a couple of times…
The wire stays were just too old fashioned for me. They don’t store well, tangle each other when stepping the mast, and tend to kink rather than pulling straight, especially when you’re holding the mast with one hand and trying to clip the stays in with the other.
So I went from this -
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To this -
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Had a fun time learning to splice dyneema, which I’ve not done before. I’m quite happy with how it came out. Hopefully once I step the mast I’m still happy
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