I loosened the large hose-clamps and pulled the mast boot up off the base plate.  I next disconnected the mast wiring from under the sink in the head and pulled the wiring out through the deck holes (previous owner modification).  I bundled the wires up in a bag to protect them.  The base of the mast is now disconnected from the deck.

    The FaMet furler was disconnected and the lines bagged up.  All of the standing rigging was loosened with the lowers disconnected.  Ready to go up.

     Scott and Larry from Pineda Point Marina, used a white rope to straddle the forks for pulling up the black rope with a loop around the mast.  The other other end of the back rope was cheated off at the base of the mast (this keep the loop from sliding to far up the mast).  It all worked great without any stress on the spreaders.  They made it look so easy.

     The mast was lifted vertical off the base.  Scott and my Dad stepped it off the bow (well someone had to take the pictures).  With the lifting point just under the spreaders the mast was nicely balanced.  Scott just directed the base.

     I'm happy to say that the reverse process of replacing the mast, worked just as well as the removal.  Scott and Larry lifted the mast back up using the same line & loop combination.  This time they had all new rigging to be mindful of.

     The mast was transported over to the boat.  The base pulled back over the bow, cables and lines were sorted out.  The only difference in stepping the mast back on was that I had installed a lightning cable inside of the mast that needed to be pushed down through the deck-plate tube as the mast was being stepped.  Once this was started I went below and pulled the cable through the opening in the post.  The mast came to rest down on the deck plate without a problem.  The P35 mast rests only on it's deck plate without any connections.

     The standing rigging was initially tightened, the cotter pins inserted and spread and the halyards, lazy jack lines were cheated off.  The process of tuning the rig would have come later.  Just wanted to sung up the rigging for the trip home.

     It was time to insert the mast wiring into the deck holes.  The holes were drilled  by the previous owner and were not sealed up inside correctly.  You can see the wood core showing in the first picture.  I dried it out good and drilled out the wood bits as you can see the remains on the head sink.  I next calked the holes solid.  Normally one would fiberglass this area but I had some left over calk and decided to use it.

On going.....

Mirabella V