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On Wednesday, 1 November 2023, the day after my 34th birthday, I’d arranged for the DAVIDSWERFT team to help unstep the mast at ten. €79 an hour.
The full procedure went like this:
1. Remove the sails and boom. Done beforehand.
2. Berth beside the crane.
3. Pass a lifting strop round the mast beneath the spreaders and take up a little tension.
4. Release the shrouds securing the mast to the sides of the boat.
5. Remove the retaining pin from the mast step.
6. Take more weight on the crane.
7. Release the backstay and forestay securing the mast fore and aft.
8. Now three people must work together. One slowly operates the crane. Another holds the mast upright in the saloon. The third watches both, holding the forestay to stop the mast swinging.
9. Swing the crane towards the pontoon. Set up supports ashore and lower the mast carefully onto them.
10. Remove the spreaders and take them aboard for storage. Tie the remaining lines and rigging to the mast at one-metre intervals, using short lengths of cord about as long as the distance from your palm to your opposite shoulder.
11. Wheel the mast away on a special trolley.
Their help cost me €185.
Once I’d berthed again, I started washing the yacht. I’d bought a little Kärcher K2 for $75 and Yachticon cleaners at $15 a bottle. Scrubbing the hull, I remembered how I’d been made to wash my shoes before boarding in Moscow. Dirty marks really are hard to remove; only melamine sponges worked. Thanks to @krugosvetchiki for that tip in one of their videos.
#maintenance
The full procedure went like this:
1. Remove the sails and boom. Done beforehand.
2. Berth beside the crane.
3. Pass a lifting strop round the mast beneath the spreaders and take up a little tension.
4. Release the shrouds securing the mast to the sides of the boat.
5. Remove the retaining pin from the mast step.
6. Take more weight on the crane.
7. Release the backstay and forestay securing the mast fore and aft.
8. Now three people must work together. One slowly operates the crane. Another holds the mast upright in the saloon. The third watches both, holding the forestay to stop the mast swinging.
9. Swing the crane towards the pontoon. Set up supports ashore and lower the mast carefully onto them.
10. Remove the spreaders and take them aboard for storage. Tie the remaining lines and rigging to the mast at one-metre intervals, using short lengths of cord about as long as the distance from your palm to your opposite shoulder.
11. Wheel the mast away on a special trolley.
Their help cost me €185.
Once I’d berthed again, I started washing the yacht. I’d bought a little Kärcher K2 for $75 and Yachticon cleaners at $15 a bottle. Scrubbing the hull, I remembered how I’d been made to wash my shoes before boarding in Moscow. Dirty marks really are hard to remove; only melamine sponges worked. Thanks to @krugosvetchiki for that tip in one of their videos.
#maintenance
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