We headed backdown to Dartmouth yesterday to help put up the genoa and test out the mainsail.
The wind was less than yesterday but the blue skies were gone and dark grey skies ominous of the rain to come.
Everyone is holed up and moving no-where, the only movement on the river was the usual ferry traffic
which is hyper unusual for Dartmouth!
In between wind gusts we put the genoa on, as ever nothing is straightforward and Bob ended up with rope lash across his ear from a stray rope and Steve managed to whack his head for the second day running on the boom.....ouch!
Genoa looks good and finishes her off nicely, and the reeding system for the mainsail is slick and easy to use which is good news.
All we need now is a break in the weather to whip her round to Plymouth, we left them later in the day to enjoy a mini break in Dartmouth for the next few days. I love Dartmouth even in blustery rainy weather and hope we can get up there this year.
So plan A is a quick break in the weather and we,ll sail her round together, Bob doesn't want to do this alone and who can blame him or plan B if work gets in the way, a delivery skipper.
Let's hope it's soon after so much hard graft it,ll be great to all being back in the Marina and planning some trips beyond the breakwater!
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The wind was less than yesterday but the blue skies were gone and dark grey skies ominous of the rain to come.
Everyone is holed up and moving no-where, the only movement on the river was the usual ferry traffic
which is hyper unusual for Dartmouth!
In between wind gusts we put the genoa on, as ever nothing is straightforward and Bob ended up with rope lash across his ear from a stray rope and Steve managed to whack his head for the second day running on the boom.....ouch!
Genoa looks good and finishes her off nicely, and the reeding system for the mainsail is slick and easy to use which is good news.
All we need now is a break in the weather to whip her round to Plymouth, we left them later in the day to enjoy a mini break in Dartmouth for the next few days. I love Dartmouth even in blustery rainy weather and hope we can get up there this year.
So plan A is a quick break in the weather and we,ll sail her round together, Bob doesn't want to do this alone and who can blame him or plan B if work gets in the way, a delivery skipper.
Let's hope it's soon after so much hard graft it,ll be great to all being back in the Marina and planning some trips beyond the breakwater!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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