Meanwhile on the home front, the fairing is done and we put on a coat of Interlux two part primer in white. We thinned it to 25% thinner (toluene) and got our first coating on pretty efficiently. By the end though Matt was sick and vomiting and I spend the next day in a hungover fog. Apparently you actually need to wear vapor masks with this stuff.
It's not perfect. It won't ever be perfect, so right now we are debating between fairing more and just proceeding with the top coat (interlux Perfection). I'm leaning towards proceeding, I think it looks amazing and it's going to be visually broken up more when the mast is back on so why worry about small flaws.
Success! It looks great! We reinstalled the traveler, which was sheer unmitigated torture and we are doubting the job because none of the holes for the bolts are either straight or plumb so the forces on them will be a bit weird. The mast base plate is now bedded and bolted in place as well, and also . . .not level. So. Maybe the weight of the mast will settle everything . . . Maybe it won't. We have an appointment for 5/9 to raise it and that will be the big scary moment -- will the repairs hold? Will the compression post tolerate the plate being un level or will it level itself under load? So may mysteries that can only be solved by actually doing the deed.
We are still working on the mast, she isn't ready to go up so that's another stressor right now. Hopefully the rest of the work goes smoothly, the wiring all works when we actually test it, and it would be nice bonus if the engine will start, otherwise we are going to be relying on our 5hp Honda outboard and the dinghy to get us where we are going. It's fine for going forward, not so fine for stopping.
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