Yancanuck

Today we are getting the boat ready to take the masts off to refinish them and put all new line on them. We have two masts.

Big Rich helped Tom remove the covers, and the gaffs today. It was so hot about 90F so it wasn't too pleasant working in the sun. Hopefully tomorrow will be cooler.

There seems to be a lot of people that said they are coming to help. Not too much excitement around here. It will be an interesting day to say the least. We will pull our boat in a slip between DJ's boat and Whalen's boat. Using their halyards we will lift the masts off the boat. Sounds simple, and I hope it is.

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Vessel Name:	Yancanuck
Vessel Make/Model:	Gaff Rigg Schooner
Hailing Port:	Panama City, Fl
Crew:	Tom and Nancy
About:	Tom is a Yankie and Nancy is a Canuck. This is how we came up with the name for our boat Yancanuck. We met two years ago and got married, at the time Nancy had bought a Catalina 30 and came to Panama City on holidays to see her new boat. Tom had already been here for 6 years.
Extra:	The boat was built in Panama City by a man named Marvin Boase. Marvin built everything on the boat but unfortunately didn't ever sail it. He died on the boat. So maybe we have a ghost to deal with! The boat was never really cared for since Marvin's death, but now we are restoring it. It [...] is like the boat has a spirit and says thank you every time we fix something. Just like a house everything you do makes you see something else to fix or make it look better. So far I have made all new cushions, curtains and we painted the inside. We have put all new line on the boat. Re-rigged the boat. Removed and painted both masts. Put in a new head, new anchors, worked on varish. More