Today Ian and I got together early in the morning and resumed working on the spreader situation. I decided to use zinc chromate spray primer and apply brightsides directly on top of that (skipping the epoxy barrier coat). So we set up shop in Ian's back yard and did a coat of primer, and 3 hours later a coat of enamel -- which, by the way, came out looking like ass!
In between the two coats we had some time, so we went down to the boat. We removed the other spreader (which was very hard to do, because of all the corrosion, and took 45 minutes of jiggling!). Ian then removed the platform that the masthead light is installed on (though the screw that was holding it on is still in the mast). We also checked the resistance in the wire that runs through the mast, and determined it to be 0.6 Ohms (it turns out that amounts to a 10% voltage drop, which complies with the old guidelines, but I would much rather it were the new guideline 3%...) Finally we took off the halyards and mainsheet so we can wash them tomorrow.
First thing tomorrow morning I need to check my good old boat and boatworks issues for a recent article I remember on how to recondition your ropes.
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