Sunday, May 15 was found to be Mr. Bill Lee’s mast arrival day. Also, according to the Seattle Times two daily total rainfall records were broken… Saturday’s 0.97 inch rainfall broke one record, followed by Sunday’s 1.78 inches. The amount of rain falling on Sunday equalled the average monthly rainfall for May. I assisted Bill and the driver with the off-loading, and will attest to the wet weather. The photo shown here doesnt show how wet we truly were. I’m the wet one at the other end of this mast section.
Bill has been constructing his Radford 18.3 Meter (60 foot) boat for over 11 years. This is truly a remarkable project, made even more impressive by the fact that he has done ALL of the work himself, including building the machine to bend the aluminum for the hull! He has built a shed on his Camano Island property to house the project, including radiant heat, a stairway to the deck level, overhead crane, and storage shelves for the items he continues to bring into inventory to complete the project. The custom-built 24.75 Meter (81 foot) Selden mast was fabricated in Charleston, SC by the largest mast manufacturer in the world. As I work for Northwest Rigging as the mast projects manager I have been working with Bill on his selection of the Selden Mast. This is the middle section of three sections.
