I also added a sail caradle to handle the main. It is stored against the mast when not in use. When single handing you still have to leave the tiller to deploy the cradle, but the sail should drop reasonably neat by it self. We wil see, I have not had a chance to try it yet. Tomorrow is the first race and as usual it seems I'll be sailing short handed again.

In an effort to make sailing short handed easier, I added slugs and batten cars to the main. I had the work done at sailcare. The stack is very tall. I have to stand on tip toes to reach the main halyard. I had a new main sail cover main, but that had to back for revisions.

On the left is the old look. On the right I added burgundy to the cabin sides. I mixed Pettit red with Pettit Burgundy.While I was at it I repainted the stripe behind the name. I tried roll and tip, but I did not like the brush strokes it left. So I went with just rolling. I t came out fairly smooth. If I decide to get ambitous I'll wet sand. But let's face it the boat is 30 years old and will never look new.

Cockpit is finished. I repaired wet core. Painted the vertical surfaces with Pettit semi gloss white. The horizontal surfaces were painted first with Interlux gray anti-skid. I found out the hard way that this is really hot in the sun and was reminded how hot when I was taping the surfaces prior to painting. So I covered the dark gray anti-skid with Pettit pearl gray top coat. While I was at it did the rest of the deck.

This year's projects include

recaulking the stanchions
putting the red stripe back on the transom
adding red to the cabin sides
new antiskid for the cockpit
painting exsiting non-skid a lighter gray
paint cockpit
varnish teak toe rails
make table for interior
clean up electrical board

Spring is here, time for more recoring. The two area below the stern stanchion and padeye were drenched and rotten. This is what happens with poor caulking. After the winter snows there was standing water in the areas near the stern.

October 2009 late season sail in the Snow