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Photo Day? Travelin' man.

This old Lewmar traveler track was attached with 14 slot-head machine screws. Thirteen of them came out with reasonable force. Tools involved a long chisel and hammer. Long and short vise-grips. And hand and power impact wrenches. Of course a screwdriver. The last one wouldn't rise as it turned and wouldn't allow itself to be pushed up from below. So the heavy gun came out, a Bosch multitool, to chew out the track around the screw head. Given that I'd expected to have to saw apart the track, having to do it once wasn't so bad. A new Harken setup is on the dining room table.

A friend suggested that I look like Grumpy. It's more like Squinty.

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