Mast base and V-cleat

 Cinzia had worked for one more hour in the past weeks to give the tiller two more coats.

Today we worked one more hour to install the mast base on the stem aka and the V-cleat on the aft aka.

For the mast base we glued the wooden step on the stern aka using thickened epoxy and tightened the nut underneath. Also, we screwed the mast step on the streamlined wooden base with four self-tapping s/s screws. For the V-cleat (used for the rudder lifting mechanism) we simply used two self tapping s/s screws after coating the pre-bored holes with epoxy.

Total work time to date: 803 hours