Views From Aloft
Okay, guess where…………..
Leave a comment below if you know where this is……..
This is a tough one but if you guess the type or style of boat, then……….YOU WIN!
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I see you! Here we are aloft again. This time to try and (unsuccessfully) drop-in a new spare Main Halyard. There was foam inside the mast for noise dampening. This foam caused our plumbers chain to get snagged on the way down….no matter how hard we tried. Stevens 50 is a pretty slick little old…
