By the time I arrived, Mike had managed to get the basalt sock over the mast using a plastic cup as a smooth taper to the 15cm diameter mast base. We saturated the sock with epoxy, then added a layer of epoxy mixed with fairing compound. After about an hour of brainstorming dodger/deck-tent ideas, the epoxy had set up for an isopropyl alcohol massage. It’s nice and smooth in most areas and will only need a light sand and additional fairing to completely cover the sock fibers.
Mike purchased 32′ of galvanized thick-walled electrical conduit for dodger/tent supports. The question is to go with something designed by Wharram, riff of of some of the other dodger/tent designs in Boatsmith’s photostream, or to try an asymmetrical solution — possibly a sort of clam shell folding in from one or both sides…
We also delved a little deeper into comparing Torqeedo electric motors… Can you feel a summer of cruising coming on?