Refit

As the first step of the refit process, the mast and rigging and the stanchions are taken off.

Caramba is taken inside the hangar and all the wood inside the cabin is taken out.

Then the electrical cables, hoses, the engine and the diesel tank are taken out. Now Caramba is only an empty hull and a deck.

Then we realize that the balsa inside the deck is rotten, so the deck is also stripped down to plywood.

The steering blade and its shaft are extracted and sandblasted.

To be continued……