Largest fid in the world

Grommet day.

Today we made some grommets for the mast head to attach all those lines in, like halyard, and lazy jacks. To do this we made grommets with thimbles to attach the blocks in.

First, a grommet.

Then it is served.

To form it we used the largest fid in the world! The mast:

Almost finished:

Just need some more stretching before the final seizing goes in place. Then some tar on the grommet to protect the wood and guck together the serving.

Want to know a secret? Tomorrow Ricard will come help us raise the mast. Let’s see what happens.