Chris and I got out in our respective boats on Wednesday from Werribee South. The wind was blowing north westerly, almost at right angles to the coast. I wanted to go west, Chris wanted to go East towards Point Cook.
When we came to head home, the wind was bang on the nose. It took hours of tacking to get home again.
I tried a few new things: my drysuit, the vhf radio, and the sea anchor. All worked well.
I had some trouble putting the reef in the main. Perhaps because the dodger was up, I had difficulty putting enough tension on the clew,the boat kept wanting to sail off when I would pull the tensioning line. I have tweaked the set up, by adding a saddle on the sprit so I am pulling backwards not forwards.
A long day, but it was beautiful out on the water.
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