While Sue worked away cottage-side, finishing up and cleaning up, I worked with Norm to get Heliotrope's masts back up.

Stepping masts is a nervous-making, technical challenge—dealing with heavy loads and high heights and minute adjustments. (But, really, what could be more fun?) (Note the new wind instrument at the top of the mainmast.) The next challenge will be connecting all the wiring and electronics. Will the anchor light work? The strobe? The spreader lights? The radio? Will the new masthead wind instrument display useful data on the new display?

We'll see.