Block party

We wanted to be able to use the big boom to lift stuff in and out of the hold and on and off the deck. It was also a good excuse for me to go to my favorite store in Skagit county, Anacortes Marine Supply. It's an old shop full of old surplus goods, used items, tools, fasteners and everything else you want for an old wood boat. Mainly they had a good selection of big blocks of which I needed. It's not even funny how much these cost brand new and fancy marine stores.

I sanded all four of them down and started putting coats of linseed oil on them. They've been sitting a long time and were really dry, so they soaked it up pretty quick. The oil will help protect against the rain and from the sun drying the wood to the point of it cracking too much. And it looks pretty.

A few more shackles, 175' of 3/4 braided line and some fun times dangling up on the mast with no harness... It works!