I just thought you would like to see what 600 yards of new line looks like 3/8" 3 braided dacron line, American Made. Yeah American Made!!!!

We have started to replace the line, as we complete the dead eyes. All the line has to be whipped at the ends, and I'm the one that does the whipping. It's not hard but the thread you use is wax coated so it makes your fingers all sticky.

Our next task will be tricky in my eyes anyway.

You see we had made arrangements to have the masts taken off so that we could paint them and put new line on.....for the sum of $300 Tom went to check the price this week, and guess what it is now $500. So now comes the tricky part. To be continued......

In a few weeks we are going to move our boat and put it in a slip between two boats (Whalen's boat and DJ's boat). We will use their halyards to lift the masts off the boat. We can then paint the masts and replace the line with new line. DJ says he has done this many times before on other boats.