Winter this year saw the boat home and back under it big green tent – working off a lovely block floor rather than slabs and wet earth this year. The mast suffered some damage this year. Some self-inflicted with the peak halyard shackle the wrong way round, which, during a deep reef, rubbed hard against…
A bit of a potter up the Hamble and our first windy sail out of the creek into Owers lake. Trailer was serviced and the van got an adjustable tow hitch and the furling gear played up again. grrrr!
We needed to test getting he on oand off the traler and a see how she handled on the water – we spent hours rigging her up and makeing a list. Once lauches the river was running too fast and high to venture out under the bridge so we thought a potter around the marina…