- Fully opened and greased all shroud and headstay turnbuckles.
- Replaced one of the backstay clevis pins with a 1/2" x 5/8" pin. Could be shorted yet. Had only one aboard.
- Tuned the mast.
- Forward face of mast 10' 8-1/2" aft of foremost stem pin location, location used for the roller furler.
- Top of main halyard hoist to deck: starboard: 35' 5", port: 35' 5"
- Top of main halyard hoist to tape on upper shrouds: starboard: 32' 4-7/8", port: 32' 4-3/4"
- Closed furler rigging screw 13 out of 39 flats (half turns) results in 5" of rake as measured by locationm of main halyard aft of the mast and a reading of 19 on the Loos gauge applied to the backstay.
- Took up another two flats, 15 flats total, resuling in 4" of rake and a reading of 21 on the backstay.
- Secured the upper shrouds to the spreaders using monel wire.
- Installed spreader boots.
- Checked and reoriented various cotter pins to minimize the chances of catching items or tearing sails.
- Re-rove main and spinnaker halyard to reduce line crossings.
- Re-led port side life line to relieve pressure on port shrouds.
- Some additional clean up of interior, sorting and stowing various small bit of rigging paraphernalia.
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- Had hoped to bend on the main, a genoa, and sail. Perhaps Sunday.