And on to the rigging ...

OK, that's another job ticked off the list

Just spoke to Dave the Rigger at DRS and arranged for him to have a look at Brigantia and then come out in March to sort out a few things for us

First and most important job being to shorten the forestay and add a bottle screw beneath the furling drum (I seem to recall blogging about this before but briefly it will have the twin advantage of providing some adjustment of the forestay length and, crucially, lifting the furling drum sufficiently clear of the bow roller to allow the anchor to be launched and recovered on the roller instead of having to be manhandled between the genoa and the pulpit rail all the time)

Second job is to shorten up the aft lowers and replace the old style bronze adjusters with modern bottle screws to match the rest of the rig

And last but not least a general rig check and setup

Dunno what it's all going to cost yet but hopefully it shouldn't be silly money ... what AM I saying? It's boating, it's ALL silly money fer crissakes!!!