Bottom paint had been building up over the years, and started flaking off. There was need for a thorough scrape down and new primer, and start all over again.
February 2 we hauled out at Åmøy havn. I had expected to be on the hard for two months, but had to extend because of the weather.
Scraping and sanding alone took around 40 hours. I had good help from my family with both cleaning and new primer and paint. We put on three coats of epoxy primer and one coat of antifouling paint. I don’t expect to do this job again in my time!
Other jobs included new wind, speed and debth instruments. To change wind wane it was best to take down the mast. The rigger who helped with the demasting asked how old the wires for the shrouds and stays were. Actually, the aft stay and the main shrouds had been replaced less than five years ago, but the forestay was probably original. That means nearly forty years old. The wire is hidden inside the roller that the sail wraps around, and there is no way to see the state of the material. Wiren should be replaced after not more than twenty years. I had been worrying a little about the fore stay. If it snaps when we sail up wind, the whole rig will come down. So the decision was made, replace the forestay. It was not possible to replace only the wire inside, the whole assembly needed to be renewed. Hans at Ship Shape in Stavanger helped me with that later.
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