June Working Party

At one point, with thunder, lightning and heavy rain, we thought we wouldn’t get much done, but fortunately brewing the kettle and making tea did the trick and the weather cleared up. There was a sense of real achievement today as we managed to add both clamps and both sails. For the first time, we could see the whole 64ft assembly. There’s still lots to do, but hopefully in July or August we’ll be ready to get the crane in to lift off the old sail and lift on our new one.
- The old sail has a crack near the bolt. It will need scarfing until it can come down
- This is what we’re making
- Rain stops play!
- Raindrops blown by the wind
- The second new sail waiting to be attached
- Bring the second clamp round
- Attaching the two clamps
- Almost complete
- The stock with the two clamps attached (and the first sail behind)
- Adding the brackets to hold everything in place
- Final adjustments to make room for the bolts
- Both clamps and sails in place