Back in the Saddle

Sorry for the delay between blogs, but i have already received a "blog wrap on the knuckles" from Luka and Bruce for creating a blog then not blogging. Now that a number of our big christmas projects are out the door at CST i am sure i will have more time to blog as well as find time to sail my boat. It has spent more time in the shed lately than i would prefer.

I managed to get out for a sail yesterday on the tail end of the southerly. Unfortunately by the time i actually got out there it was only about 10 knots. After haveing a very quick look at the boat last week and advising luka of the symptoms my boat was suffering i cut my wand down by about 80mm.

The first 30minutes was extremely random, sometimes not able to foil other times popping out, the wand was actually flicking forward at some point. Very frustrating!!!!

As i decided to call it quits and head in after 45min i approached the shore and realised that my control linkage was no longer connected. I quickly reconnnected and gave it another stab.

Well, i take back all those things i called Luka in the last 45minutes and change it back to genius. It was so nice to foil again with minimal adjustment, rudder was in neutral position and was quite easy to control height even by slight body weight adjustments.

Thanks Luka.

Back in September i bought myself a small digital camera with waterproof case and only had the chance to try it for the first time yesterday. Couple of easy stick on mounts, fish eye lens about 3-4minutes attaching and i was away. With a 2GB card it can take about 1 hour of video footage and can be mounted on a number of positions on the boat.

Very interesting, especially when your really, really, really unfit.

I will edit out the really boring stuff and post the footage tommorrow. Just have to figure out how to edit the footage.

Will try to get out for another sail this week.