Julian spent all Sunday dressing the mast, while I worked in the
cabin, putting varnish on some surfaces that had not been touched since
we bought the boat. The main reason for doing them now was because I
needed to put a coat of varnish on the cockpit where putting varnol on a
cleat had eroded the epifane that the cleat contacted. The Epifane
there has peeled off completely while still being solid in other places.
Both cleat and cockpit are now epifaned! (only one coat yet though.)
Julian
did sterling work on the mast, although the varnish was still very soft
and he had to be careful not to damage it. One of the strops had
vanished over the winter, so he made a rope one to replace it. It should
last until the next time the mast comes out!
When it was done it looked like this:
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