Alright I have a bit of a dilemma at this point in time.
I have begun making a list of "things that I need to do to my boat", and let me tell you it is quite enlightening the amount of
work that needs to be done (who said sailing was going to be
cheap? get 'em in here - I want to give him a piece of my mind lol). Anyways - I have basically two MAIN options: leave the
boat in the
water at the marina during
winter or have it pulled and stored on the dry?
If it stays in the
water, it will cost ~$1600 (includes electricity and bubblers for the freezing water).
If I take it out, it will cost about $1000 (if I leave the
mast on) or ~1600 if I have the
mast taken off.
On my list of things to do are
-repaint and recoat the bottom
-top end
engine rebuild
so on that note, it seems like it makes perfect sense to take it out, right? If that is so - then is there any reason why I should take my mast off? I mean sure the spreader lights dont
work, and I was considering installing a
roller furling (dont have one currently) - but other than that the mast is PERFECT. The stays are nice and tight, everything is straight, I just dont want to mess up something so good
1) dry or wet?
2) if dry, then mast off or mast on?
3) any good links to articles or how-to's on redoing the bottom of the
boat? (procedures, good products to use, etc)