Took a look at the mast/boom

We decided to drop by and take a look at the boat, to figure out what we need to do to get the mainsail up and running. Charlie was intent on getting out on the water, so we detoured from our mission and headed out back on the bay. A guy from a neighboring slip came by and gave us an old sailing magazine that had a story about the Bluenose Sloops. He was a nice guy who has a similar sized boat and comes out to sail on days when he isn't getting dialysis. I think we were trying a little too hard to impress him, so I motored the boat out too quickly (it is idling too fast) and Charlie had to do a save as we headed toward another boat. Once we got past that, though, we were back in the channel and heading into the main harbor. The current was a bit stronger and there was a pretty good wind, but we were still stuck jib-sailing. Still good fun, but it is sure hard to close-haul with a jib.
We got back in and still has a bit of time to look at the mast/boom. The boom is resting at the bottom of the mast and needs to be brought up about a foot and a half. This will be our first order of business. I think it will take a trip to Home Depot to find some hardware that will allow the boom connector to sit up higher on the mast. I won't be around for the holiday weekend, so it will be sometime next week before we start on that. Then we will need to figure out how to rig the boomvang, cunningham and mainsheet. We only have a couple of small pictures of working Bluenose sloops to go by, so we will have to be creative when getting this together.