Stripped!

Stayed (almost) dry and sails off boom off, halyards and sheets off etc etc. Everything's turned green in a matter of a couple of weeks so a lot a washing to do. Mast saying up when ashore this year as part of an experiment with new boat stands. The extra noise won't be popular with the village but is a bit of future proofing. The skills are disappearing and not enough young people want to do work like ours, whether rigging, boat building, or marine engineering. Not taking masts down means not having to rerig again in the spring and simplifies the job.