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Emerald Tales
Spring / Summer 2013: leaving the UK to head south towards the Med
Emerald's Photos - Mast
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This is where it all started you can see how badly painted in these sheaves were.
Is it a bird is it a bee, no it is flying mast man!
Mast out for first time in probably 7 or 8 years
Spreaders and rigging removed, little did we know at this point just how much we had still to do
There are the Pesky jammed up sheaves!
Setting up for shot blasting in the covered tent in the boat yard. a LOT of hassle
After the blast, you can see the amount of dust and sand mess left despite the sheeting
Mast looks goot though
Here you can see the bare aluminium top, no paint left and a great key for the epoxy primer.
Some corrossion under the stainless fittings. We
First coat of primer on, on the uphill slope now to rebuilding rather than destroying.
You can start to see the shine on the mast here, it will make the rest of the boat look shabby.!!
Grumpy faced (aka tired) judging where to paint the mast green
Mast going green. This although strange we thought a good idea, as it will make the boat easy to spot from ashore in an anchorage, to make sure she isn
Here you can see the top of the mast with the gear fitted, minus the cap shroud fittings
 
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Emerald
Who: Colin 'Skip' Wright, Nichola Wright
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