First coat of varnish

Was able to get the first coat of varnish on this afternoon. Might be able to put a second coat on later tonight.

Also started working on the rig. These small carbon fiber sticks with screw eyes in them will slide into the back end of both the jib boom and main boom. I need to do some thinking about how I want to rig the boat though. The newest version of the instructions have you use these strips of velcro. I'm sure it adjusts easily but to my eye it just doesn't look clean. Some guys are using shaft collars instead, though I'm still unclear how they actually rig the lines. I'll have to take a closer look.

There's a race next weekend, and right now there's actually a chance that I may be ready to sail by then. If so I can then go to school on those guys and see what's best. I've been spending all my time on the hull and have not done enough research on the rigging.

More tomorrow.

Peace!

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