New sail rigged
14/04/07 15:31 Filed in: La Coruña
Today I continued washing the running rigging in between the other jobs.
The entire boat was covered with a film of blackish dust during the winter. I take a bucket of water up the mast and clean as far as the radar scanner. The rest will be done later.
Then I climbed to the top of the mast to inspect the Windex. It needs to be taken down to fit a new wind direction arrow. I am able to dismount the unit and lean it on the mast head. Unfortunately the VHF aerial is a push connection and as I move the aerial wire the connection pops out and the unit falls into the water. Oh dear!
Back on deck I check the depth which is about 4m. I cannot see the Windex. The tide is rising so perhaps I will be able to see it at low water.
I fit the Furlex sail feeder which arrived yesterday and rig the new yankee foresail from Arun sails with upgraded MT Square cloth. The sail fits perfectly and I'm looking forward to trying it out.
As low tide approaches around 21:00 I look again for the Windex but cannot see it in the fading light.
The entire boat was covered with a film of blackish dust during the winter. I take a bucket of water up the mast and clean as far as the radar scanner. The rest will be done later.
Then I climbed to the top of the mast to inspect the Windex. It needs to be taken down to fit a new wind direction arrow. I am able to dismount the unit and lean it on the mast head. Unfortunately the VHF aerial is a push connection and as I move the aerial wire the connection pops out and the unit falls into the water. Oh dear!
Back on deck I check the depth which is about 4m. I cannot see the Windex. The tide is rising so perhaps I will be able to see it at low water.
I fit the Furlex sail feeder which arrived yesterday and rig the new yankee foresail from Arun sails with upgraded MT Square cloth. The sail fits perfectly and I'm looking forward to trying it out.
As low tide approaches around 21:00 I look again for the Windex but cannot see it in the fading light.