Hey sailing!

So we've managed to be out sailing once or twice since the boat went in the water. Managed to hit 7.2 knots the other day in 20 knots indicated true wind. Frankly it was both exhilarating and frightening. We've mainly done lite air sailing, and were out this time in 15 to 20 knot winds, gusting to 25ish. Which really isn't that much of a blow. And we've been out in this kind of wind before, but only on someone else's boat, with that someone in charge. Made a giant change when it was just the two of us out there. Had to roll the genoa in a bit till I depowered the boat enough to be comfortable I wasn't over powering things. But didn't have to reef the main. Which is good as I haven't yet made the required lines to handle that. I think I'll deal with that this weekend.

Managed to get my radar functioning. So everything except the Wifi link is now working. I have the cables for the wifi link at the boat, they just need to be run to the helm. Had an issue getting the boat started last weekend, found a very high impedance connection to the common connector on the battery switch, so swapped that out. Boat started, so I guess I fixed that. Need to check the packing gland on the prop shaft, seems to be a bit more water coming in than I expected while running. And that frankly is going to be a pita to get to, which is why I had the boatyard replace it in the first place.

Not much else is happening sailing wise. Restricting ourselves to early morning sails as of late as it is just so bleeding hot this summer. Looking forward to the fall when things will possibly be a touch cooler.

See you out there!