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Rigged

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So there has been some progress. I rigged the boat this afternoon for the first time. There was a bit of breeze but I risked it. Jib sheets and main sheet. Initially I missed the forward fairleads but ... then I sorted it. The outhaul and downhaul are confusing at this stage. I'll take a closer look later. It's weird. It almost looks like it had single line reefing. Likewise the downhaul is not obvious. I am pretty sure this is meant to be a boom tent. Like everything on the cal it's very small. My hercus lathe. I turned down some dowel to extend the aft mast cradle. The timber extension. I really don't know how you would step the mast without it. The halyards and main sheet were all crusty and horrible. I took them off and measured them intending to buy new. but then I had an idea. I tried washing the ropes in my machine at 95C with some detergent. and they cam