Mast raise day 1st June 202

engine fully in up position in cockpit 

angle and postion of controller to remove easy 

engine fully down in the cockpit (storage)

 0720 myself and my helper Sophie set off to Bala to attempt to raise the mast on Aguila.

it looked like it was going to be a nice day at Bala and no rain as such till late.

the car was packed with kit to do any job that needed to be done.

we set out to first untie the mast  move it back and slot it into the tabernacle, we managed it with a lot of juggling around.

we also tested the engine in situ as it has to go from underneath as the motor and prop is too big to go down the engine slot, after alot of jiggling we worked out the best way to do it, not easy at all.

then howard and John R came over and we got the mast up , at first the shrounds were holding us and then the jib forestay , we did achieve our goal   with mast up the shrouds were tensioned

spare wheel was taken off after last trip to get over the ramp failed

using my bluyeti 600w power bank and disc cutter.

stuff prev on the boat was taken off and the sail was added for storage and 2 external cushions.

not much water had leaked into the boat so fairly pleased as we had a lot of rain .

i routed some  ropes but some were tight at the top of the mast so i reckon it may have to come down

boom wasnt added because of this, the rear stay was put on and all seemed fine 

it was now 1pm so we packed up and headed home a busy morning .