Sam and his buddy came by and helped us get the leeboards back up. It was a lot easier than taking them down, and not just because we had two more people helping; this time we used the ropes that lift them normally to lift them into position. Also: they weren’t dirty and gross.

The VC17m bottom paint turns out to be a fussier proposition than I had originally imagined, so there will be some extra preparation before getting it on.

We did get a chance to sand and varnish some of the cockpit brightwork. It’ll need another two or three coats, but it looks a lot better already.