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Days 250-252 Mast coating with Naylic, a lot of small preparations for getting on the water.

Boat Name   Mocked up boat name           Painted a waterline   Mast  Mast was sanded, cleaned and coated with 2 layers of Naylic coating for protection. ( https://www.nyalic.com )   After 48 hours started to reinstall all hardware back.  Mast steps reinstalled (riveted) on the mast.  Backing plates for mast winches produced from ASA plastic and winches re-installed. Bottom Keel port side last layer of bottom paint applied.  Strut mount cavity closed, glassed , and first cover of bottom paint applied. Rudder,stands patches painted with bottom paint.    Small things  Made New aluminum deck light brackets instead of original mild steel ones.  Rebuilt camera/wind instrument. Added power supervisor. Put 3m4300 blob inside the rudder mount spacer. Re-attached autopilot actuator. added 3/8->5/16 spacer to the arm hole, loctited second nut. Tight bolts on engine shaft coupler. Loctite applied. Ad...