Saturday today and back at sailing. I arrived early, rigged my boat changed and got ready for racing. Today I tried my new winter gloves. They have leather palms for grip and the outside is 1.5mm neoprene. When dry they feel warm, but when they get wet, things are different. In the beginning they are…
Today I found an email in my Inbox from Tim at Rooster Sailing, saying that my 9:1 outhaul is actually 6:1. Upon closer inspection, he is right. It is 6:1 and not 9:1 as I had put on an earlier entry. Thanks Tim! For some reason I thought that Rooster’s outhaul was 6:1. In fact…
The forecast for today had been really good. I was really looking forward to it. I re-rigged Bubble yesterday, I have a new XD kicker and a new watch with a countdown timer that is more than enough for sailing. It was supposed to be windy, but it turned out to be even windier. The…
Today I went to the club to race, but I ended up sorting out Bubble instead. I was late for the first race, so I thought I would sort out the rigging and it took longer than expected, so I didn’t race. This week I got a new XD Kicker from Ebay. It cost me…
The forecast for today was 20-25 knots wind. It turned out that it wasn’t as exciting and on top of that it rained. Most people were slightly late due to last night’s drinking. I wasn’t that bad, but still not in a great mood after yesterday’s news. I arrived at the club early enough to…