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TV & Masthead

		The original mast head had a lightning strike protector mounted to starboard. We wanted to integrate this into the new TV antenna mount. Masthead top view
		Re-worked the halyards. We moved the red halyard to the next block, which allowed us to run a new spare halyard from front to back externally. This spare halyard can serve the jib or the mainsail.
		We ran a spare halyard on the two blocks that were now available. We added a 7/16" 110' spare halyard. We also took the blocks out and inspected them.
	.	How the shrouds fasten to the crane head.
		The TV antenna mount with the lightning strike added to the back.
		That is CUSTOM Work. Rob made a SS piece to fit the back of the masthead and then tig welded a SS bar to hold the TV antenna and the lightning strike protector.
		A new VHF antenna along with the new RG-8 VHF wire were added.