The winds were about 12-15 mph sustained with gusts to around 20 mph. I used a full main and the 155% genoa
Filling The Sails
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from the McGuire family!
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The blog formerly known as Siochana
It’s taken quite some time to make the final decision to change my blog name. While I identified very much with the name Siochana,
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Doing that which I cannot do
There’s so much that I’ve yet to try, risk and achieve. Things that I’ll ultimately need to have at least a working knowledge of, but even better to have mastery of.
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Reconstruction Time
After basically tearing the interior of my boat apart a couple years ago and then just letting it stay that way while I enjoyed the fun part of boat ownership (sailing it!), the reconstruction has commenced!
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I should have reefed
I got everything rigged up and was able to ‘back’ out of my slip unassisted by the outboard motor… I just let the wind push me out. I motored out into the lake and with the south wind, I set up on a beautiful point of sail somewhere between a beam reach and a broad reach on a port tack.
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Anchor Cleat Installed
I started with drilling the holes for the anchor cleat then test-fitting it to ensure everything lined up. I put butyl tape down over the holes then placed the cleat down. To ensure no water intrusion at all, I put some butyl tape
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Sails Inventory
I needed to repair the ripped main and then clean it and the foresails. I figured I might as well measure the sails while I had them off the boat also. It’s much easier to measure them laid out in the backyard instead of trying to do so on the boat!
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I could have sailed, but….
….there was work to be done. Boat work. Boat projects. The thing that ALL boat owners know all too well.