Lunch time so I thought I'd show the mornings work. I have now made all the Sitka Spruce parts of the mast. Next I'll make the plywood and hardwood bits. I set up my long "workbench" for ripping the mast cant strips and the two 3 1/2 inch sides. This involved the removal of a pane of glass to my basement windo. Luckily I hadn't replaced the glass pane yet. I still have the plywood plug in. The Sitka Spruce is remarkable wood, light, flexible and strong. I can't wait to see how it performs as a box beam/mast.

Setting up the ripping workbench.


It starts to rain - coffee time.


All the long bits made!