Redwing is for sale!

Now that we have a baby, a bigger boat is in order. The Redwing is for sale! We have our eye on a new good, old boat, but we can't have two sailboats at the same time and so we're looking to make a move quickly!

This is sort of a sneak peek - once the boat is launched the ads will go out far and wide!

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mast step rebuild

 One of the notorious weaknesses of C&Cs is the deck-stepped mast. When I got the boat from the previous owner I noticed the deck was sort of bowed in where the mast sits on the cabin top. Over the next few years I noticed it getting worse and worse, and got nervous that some catastrophe would take place. So this year I decided to take care of it once and for all.

While it was in the boatyard, I had a local fiberglass guy come and take a look. His plan was to take off the metal mast-step, core out the fiberglass, reinforce it with wood or marine plywood, glass that all in, and put the shoe back on. It turned out that the metal had become too curved to be reused, so we had to manufacture a new one. The new one is what you see here in this picture. It looks great. All the holes are for the lines that are led aft to the cockpit. Almost every control line leads back to rope clutches, making single-handing easier.

This is what it looks like from inside: this is a teak box he built to cover the wires and the seams of the new fiberglass. Yes the wet locker and head door are still fully operational.

all back together

Old Ford Blue

Once everything was primed, I hit it with some Old Ford Blue. I've seen some Atomic 4s in red, or that Moyer Marine kind of bronze color - which is also the color that Montrose Electric used when they rebuilt my alternator and starter. The blue kind of makes it look classic and classy at the same time.

spray on

Once everything was removed from the engine compartment we took the block to a joint in Amityville - they have the technology; they can rebuild him - and I primed everything I could.