Relaunch

The trailer registered at last, and a light airs day forecast for today ( how right they were!) so I got organized sort of and down to the ramp this morning. A learning experience, it took over an hour to get rigged and on the water, but that included putting the torqeedo on then taking it off again as I discovered I did not have the necessary locking pin. I had a vision of one expensive battery popping off and sinking to the bottom, and decided to use oars instead. The boat slipped very smoothly off the new trailer.

There was a bit of wind to start with, and I pottered off in a generally easterly direction at round 3 to 4 knots. The SCAMP is very well behaved in light airs, and will sail herself for quite long intervals with the mainsheet wound a few turns round the tiller. Ozzie quite enjoys his cabin, tho I will have to remember to bring a bed for him.

It really is a very comfortable experience sailing the SCAMP. What people say about it feeling like a much bigger boat is true. You can move about, tidy up, open the hatches and get things, have a cuppa, luxury.

After an hour or so the wind faded. We turned for home, 3.5 nautical miles out, but instead of 3 to 4bknots, we were now doing .8, which feels like stationary. So, back to the oars for a long row most of the way back.

Retrieving went OK too, though still some tweaking .

So,  a few things to work on, but I was a bit nervous about launching for some reason, and it is good to have felt the fear but done it anyway.