Quotes are out for bidding on the standing rigging. Whooda thunk it that that would be so expensive? Time to shave back more and push to completion (It'll never be finished). I made a trip to the upholstery place in Cowtown, along with a James McMurtry concert. McMurtry was great. The upholstery place was not. I will have to go elsewhere.
We did find an aluminum guy and his prices are good. We don't know about is time schedule, though.