Preparations

 Twenty one days till the Tawe Nunugah kicks off, seventeen days till I head off to the Ferry.  We are getting down to the pointy end.  I think I have the boat fairly well dialled in and some jobs I ran out of time for in the rush to get to Paynesville back in February last year have finally been done.  The nastiest, which I had been dreading, was putting Sikaflex round the port hole windows.  As I expected it was a messy job but its done now, and I doubt if much or any water will come in there when I capsize.

I touched up the chips and scrapes, and all in all, Anjevi is looking pretty good.  Here she is for the last sail for 2024.

I took Jeppe and Maia and Eik out for a nice potter, managed to sail into Kororoit Creek and motor most of the way out.  It is too shallow over the outer sandbars to motor, so we had to claw off, with often no centreboard or rudder down, which was a bit of a challenge as it was a lee shore with a south easterly, but we made it, and had a very nice sail.

The loop of rope was caused by one reefing line coming undone.  I need to whip the ends of all the reef lines to make sure that doesn't happen again.   I think I will put in an adjustable outhaul too, just for kicks. And on the belt and braces principle, I will add righting lines with stirrups at bulkhead #5.

Capsize testing is the last item on the sailing check list, I was hoping to try today, and got all psyched up for it, but the weather did not want to cooperate.  It has been pouring rain all morning, and the wind a bit on the high side.  Chris wisely counseled taking a rain check.  I am looking forward to trying a capsize, I know I will feel more confident once I have seen how the boat behaves coming back up. 

Now I need to seriously start thinking packing lists and checking all my gear.