There has been a lull in the boat refitting. We have decided to restore the horribly split and rotted mast head by filling the damaged area with epoxy mixed with saw dust. Subsequently a stainless steel sleeve is to be slid over the damaged area.

The wood on the mast head had subsequently rotted. A long time was spent scraping all the rot back to strong wood.

There was then a long wait. Some weeks. I began to believe Kamiya san had forgotten me. It turns out that Kamiya san’s welding equipment had busted.

There is certainly no other Norfolk Gypsy with such a robust mast head!

We decide to replace the poor original design of tiny mast splitting screws with a robust external collar. Kiyuna san has the bit between his teeth.

I buy very expensive rope for the halyards.

Island Boats is beside the Tomari Fish Market.

Good couple of days.