Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This video covers the short trip north to Catskills, NY. The main goal was to unstep the mast, but it turned into an unexpected, and short notice crew change. The video covers preparing the mast for unstepping before we continue north into the Erie Canal!

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0:00 - Arriving at Hop-O-Nose
1:37 - Taking Down the Sails
3:16 - Mast Wiring Plan
4:15 - Adapting Found Mast Horses
6:43 - Hair Danger!
7:35 - Lost and Found Crew
10:21 - Removing the Table
14:57 - Mast Wiring
20:42 - Pulling Split-Pins
22:32 - Small Change in Plans
23:52 - An Unpleasant Wiring Surprise
29:57 - Insight to Mermaid's Rest's History
31:27 - Holy Grounding Plates?
32:03 - Unbolting the Mast, Puppy Interlude!
35:47 - A new Deadline, A new Plan