Putting her back together

The yard put her back in the water on Friday. We went down on Sunday to sort the rigging out and hopefully leave her ready to sail.

At first sight all looks well. Down below she's nice and dry. Then we start to notice a few things. The jib halyard is tied on where the forestay should be and the mast hasn't been blocked in or booted. We get the mast sorted and the forestay on properly and rig the bowsprit but there is something funny with the jib halyard. Eventually we work out that we've fixed it on too high up the mast. We'll have to go up there and sort it. Definitely not a job for today.

Then we try fitting the gooseneck. Three of the screws on the starboard side of the lower bracket have stripped holes. We do a few bits an pieces feeling very demoralised. Alison will talk to the yard tomorrow - we thought fitting the boot was something they were going to do and getting it sealed is not trivial. So we turn her round to bring the rudder near the pontoon for final painting and leave for the day. The rudder looks OK.