Why A Man's Work is Never Done

While anchored in the Rhode River, in Maryland, Rick noticed one end of the radar reflector had come loose. In order to fix it, he had to climb the mast to the first spreader, an irritation, but not too time consuming. Once there, he noticed that the cotter pin securing the upper stay was broken. That required a little additional work. Might as well check the other stay. So he swung over to inspect it. That cotter pin was missing entirely. While watching him from below, I noticed a string floating through the air. It seemed to come from the top of our spinnaker halyard.

So, let's check that out, even though it required climbing on up to the top of the mast. The stray string proved to be a broken messenger line, not a problem now, but could be if we decide to add additional halyards in the future. Rick also checked our VHF antenna, which we had noticed drooping sadly. Hmm.... the housing that holds it to the top of the mast appeared to have rusted most of the way through....more projects for the future.  No, there is never a "single" project that takes minutes to repair. One ALWAYS leads to another and another and another.......