Chose the windiest day of the weekend, as that's when my sis could come out, did a Motuihe round trip, and stopped for some fishing at lunch, caught not much. Sarah supplied a great healthy lunch !
Had a epic sail back. We prepared while still in the sheltered bay, and two reefs and storm jib got setup. First time testing the new boom and reefing setup after we broke the old one. The boom took a few weeks to get sorted, with new fittings, an internal 4:1 outhaul, and 2 reefing cheek blocks, and cleats at mast end of the boom.
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| Test reef on land. |
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| Checking the length of the reefing line |
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| Added the second reef line, ready to go. 7.5m of spectra used ! |
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| Added some flat s/s saddles which I carefully bent and twisted to enable them to be rivetted flat onto the boom. They keep the reef lines in place. |
We charged the channel, and Goldie was pointing super high upwind, with 25 knots of SW on the nose, and short waves washing over the bow of the boat ! Had a bit of water inside as the front hatch was not secure, but Goldie handled it really well, and was shooting upwind. made it back to the ramp in good time, even though the wind abated a little and we were slightly underpowered in the late arvo. A great day.
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