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Trucking Reliance (after mast removal)

Picking Reliance up and loading on the truck (after removing masts, loose deck gear, the stern davits, and the mast pulpits.

Mast steps, main is keel stepped, mizzen deck stepped.

Picking up and loading. (also installing last two windows after final fiberglass work on the cabin top)

The truck had mast bunks, essentially brackets which can be mounted on the jack stand uprights, which is the easiest and most secure method to transport a main mast. The mizzen was secured on deck. All the shrouds and halyards were left on the mast but well wrapped in place with other smaller lines.

Properly blocked on the trailer, strapped down, masts secured, and ready to go down the road.

Heading down the road towards Oregon.

Preparing to truck Reliance to Oregon

Reliance, last day at anchor

Mark at the helm

Underway and other Scenery

De-rigging

Crane Arrived, removing masts.

Climbing to attach the lift rope just below the spreaders. A smaller line is led from the lift rope to a mast winch to keep it from sliding upward.

Lifting

A bat emerged from the top of the main mast after we'd unstepped it. It promptly flew away to find a new home.

The mizzen mast was removed in a similiar fashion.

No masts!

Reliance Under Power

Reliance, after launching, under her own power for the first time since the hurricane (outside of running the engine and generator at anchor but without shifting into gear).

Reliance is a very fast boat, running over 9 knots under full power but with a partially clogged fuel filter

Dinghy in tow (not belonging to Reliance, but the one I was using that day)

At anchor in the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, Louisiana, after successful run up the river.