It was a lovely sailing day yesterday. At last, with our 4 hour window, we could get the Core Sound out. The crew demonstrated their excitement.
I made a sort of wooden tiller extension, so I can steer better with the Torqeedo, and a wooden chock so I can tilt it up. At this rate I will have an all wooden Torqeedo soon. It worked quite nicely. At about 3 knots, the gps on the throttle was telling me I had 19 miles range. It is lovely and quite, and none of the engine starting rigmerole of the outboard. It is a short shaft, which means i and passenger have to sit watch where we sit or the blade gets too close to the water surface.
Paul, Andrew and Sandra all got out too. It was nice to have some other friendly boats about. Snapper season is upon us, and the ramp was busy and a bit stressy. I think I will be using Derry the Skerry a bit more for the next while. I was pretty rusty with the Core Sound - I forgot to put the centreboard down to start off with. It was only when I saw how well Paul in the Sabre was pointing that I twigged. But I do love that boat. It has a bigger boat feel that I really like. It is nice to be able to walk around a bit, and let it take care of itself.
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