senta

We're beat but have her back in the slip :egrin: The most exciting part was when the railroad car carrying her around the yard derailed :scared::0305_alar:confused::esad: The Bomon ports were waiting at the door when we got home. No instructions but they look good in the plastic wrapper...

Nancy just got off the phone and we're driving down this PM. The newly refinished spars, upgrades and standing rigging is supposed to be done ! Can't wait to see her tonight :clap: -Sven

... but it is ok :egrin: Todd, the rigger, just called to let us know that the mast got pulled and she's now safely back in her slip, all tucked in. On Wednesday I'll get to drive down to see how she is doing and how she looks without her "stick" ! I'm sure she'll look gorgeous when she's...

I just got an answer back from Paul at Foss regarding upgrading Senta's rudder to bigger than IOR specs. He suggested either using Bruce King's modification or a considerably higher aspect ratio rudder that they have installed before on other boats. BK's modified rudder has a larger surface...

I really like Senta in her original blue cove stripe ! The plugged portholes are now also fixed with the plywood gone, replaced with solid FG. The silly TV and phone hookup on the _outside_ of the hull is also now just a memory. We got the geonoa back with a new white sacrificial UV cover...

The first picture below shows the FG repair of the two plywood plugs that filled the E39 flushdeck portholes. The next two pictures show the first Awlgrip coat (of 5) that will be applied and hand sanded to perfection by Chico. The color will be pretty close to what it originally was, but a...