Saturday, April 12, 2014

40-119 LADY KATHEA rig service

Mast unstepping
Goose and vang necks showing signs of corrosion.
Time for a good clean and insulation
Cleaning and polishing of goose neck and adding
a cut out of a sheet of Tufnol to insulate ssteel and mast aluminium
Dye testing rod heads. Above one obviously showing a crack
Forestay rod lower head showing signs of excessive stress.
Forestay usually being the most stressed part of the rig.
Reinstalling goose neck with Tufnol sheet insulation and
helicoils on some of the screws threads

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