Weeks of working out what included in the yot, I finally had an attempt at raising the mast, after many hours of YouTube tutorials, finding sailing forums with people that knew all about it able to tell me stuff, and I stuffed up.
I'm not sure what it weighs, but you take 8 metres of aluminium, and the more vertical you make it, the heavier it gets, and the mast base broke...
This boat was made in about 1982, in Clontarf, Qld, and there aren't any spare parts available. So forum member 73
4V XB lent his expertise to the project.
And for the first time in a long time, with lots of huffing and puffing, heaving and ho'ing, we raised the mast, and tried fitting some sails, playing the game, "What rope goes where?"
I've learnt when it comes to yot's, ropes are called either lines, sheets or stays.
Next was how to repaint the hull. I bought some marine two-pack paint, and had to move it away from the trailer to repaint it. I've never sprayed two-pack before, so back to YouTube. What could possibly go wrong?