I arranged to meet Ian with Westy down at the ramp yesterday. It was a perfect spring morning, beautiful blue sky and light wind. Andrew from the WBA was down there with Mars. He took the photo above,for which I thank him. Andrew came out in his Laser too, but got cold I think. The laser is not what you would call a comfortable boat. Ian tried raising his spinnaker, which sent him off on a down wind tangent towards the dog beach.
It was very light airs, so I raised the staysail, and got it set on a broad reach, after a bit of faffing around. I am very glad to have a photo that shows how it sets, as it is hard to tell from on the boat. After watching me fiddle round with the staysail for a while, Anne asked:"Do you ever, you know, just go sailing?"
I was also testing the outboard bracket box for the Torqeedo. It works very well indeed. Puttering in and out, quite a way, at 4 knots, I burned up 28% of the battery, so with care I could get about 4 return trips with it. It does make everything a bit more relaxing, as it is quiet and just goes, unlike the Honda which always adds a bit of suspense, and a lot more noise. Anne likes it a lot, and enjoyed our outing.
Coming back in, we saw a pod of at least 4 dolphins, quite close by. I wonder if they were investigating the torqeedo noise. Coming into the jetty was pretty good too, a touch of reverse and we stopped right next to the cleat.
All in all a great outing, but I was seriously stuffed last night, and I have been pretty useless today. I hope I have not got out of condition.
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