This picture shows the location of the old mast and where it should have been: Centered on the red dot.
Laying out some parts.
Mast
and boom.
The crane moving into position aft of the boat.
Starting
to lift the mast.
Mike Sipala is handling that ~55 feet mast as though it were nothing more than a match stick.
The Scottish Highlanders and their wimpy cabers have nothing on Sipala!
No rude comments please.
Easy does it.
Mike
has fingertip control.
The pause that refreshes.
Vertigo?
Now do
you have vertigo?
It's a long way to the top.
This is my second day under sail with the new mast. The first day was in rather poor weather so I didn't take pictures. At the time this photo was taken I am under just the genoa since the main sail is still under construction.
My mast is the near one.If you look closely you can see the curve of this beauty as she reaches skyward. Everyday I admire it as I walk down the dock.
The new main, crying out to be sailed.
