For all who followed and/or contributed to the repair saga of my F16 Stealth, she came home from the painter this weekend, and I threw her togther in the yard to make sure I had all the bits after complete disassembly. As you may recall, there was some major surgery to repair a daggerbd well, a re-engineering of the way the tramp attaches to the hull, holes cut in both transoms to extract frozen gudgeon bolts, and a bunch of fairing of a lifetime's worth of dings. It all came together well, I gained a lot of composite and fairing experience, and I'm thrilled with the outcome! Next weekend she'll travel to the Flathead Valley for an appointment with the sailmaker for another round of tramp modifications to adapt to the new C channels, and if weather permits, get wet! Thanks to all who contibuted advice and support. I'll try to be kinder to her this season.
