New mainsail   I did long shoot and decided to use Far east sail loft to design and make my new mainsail. Measurements i did on the boat and I hope I did not make any big mistake I would regret What I changed for new sail: 4 reefs, yes 4 reefs, maybe 4-th is not the thing I would use  in my life, but better to have it than not. 1.2"  shorter on Luff then spec. Max leech set to lift "relaxed" boom 5" higher vs horizontal to be able to set dodger Also i made foot shorter for 3" to accommodate pair of pulleys for outhull. ( i decided to have better control (and shape) over sail surface. Maybe i am wrong, but it is my decision, I selected modern high UV stable cloth Fastnet 7.88 from Challange Sailcloth         4 weeks after I paid deposit and several  e-mails exchange i was told my sail is almost ready to be shipped.                   Waiting next steps...    

NavPod   Spent weekend working on navpod software. Navpod will be second raspberry pi computer based head unit mounted on helm station.  Display It has 7" 2000 nits display and communicates to main navigation computer   signalk, Pypilot and other apps.  Display brightness may be adjusted in range 0.005% to 100%.   Controls  head unit has 26 buttons, mouse simulation (on buttons) Will work in set of modes. Main dashboard Sailing and motoring Map (open CPN)  anchor (widlass control) detailed Autopilot (Pypilot) settings. VNC mirroring main computer display  Left panel Buttons Power button - On,Off, Shutdown, Screen brightness  Dedicated MOB button  - automatically save current position, open opencpn and drop MOB mark. Dedicated button  AIS TX - ON/OFF (Software switch)  3 buttons App Mode select  ( OpenCPN/VNC, Sail/ENG, AUTO/ANCHOR)  Dedicated Autopilot control - Mode(Compass/wind/GPS/tru Wind, NAV) , AU...

 Two days - one work on boat, one to have pleasure on it. Work day Mast adjustments again.  I readjusted  mast again using forward lowers to straight it. It was not easy, but at some moment i realised that top shrouds have BIG effect on this "natural", as I thought, spreaders level bend to port side. However i was able to play with forward lowers and top shrouds to make mast almost straight and without dramatic difference in tension. But sea trial showed the problem is not completely fixed but I have some progress. B ut now I’m starting to think the issue is more related to the top shroud settings. Monday I “confirmed” this with GPT chat ;-) The correct name for my rigging is: Masthead sloop with discontinuous standing rigging with single inline spreaders. Actually, it looks like my mast “virtually” has two spreader levels, but the upper spreader is absent. Instead, intermediate shrouds run from the spreader plates to about 3/4 mast height. That changes the whole mast adj...

Small things   Mast rigging readjustment.  ( not successful results - leaning more and more prep required ) Relaxed all stays and shrouds. Rechecked mast top position with halyard. it is positioned as much as I can check it. +/- 5mm on length of halyard (due to rope stretching hard to MEASURE exact difference) Next time plan to tie dyneema rope and use it to avoid stretch also make some jig out of  caliper to measure exact distance to chain plates. Slightly tighten top shrouds and back stay in the vertical position.   Checked mast straightness with with laser. in relaxed state mast has slight (consistent) bally to port side about 2".  Will be nice to make laser holder to be able to mount laser to sail channel and have fine adjustments to set laser in left-right direction.   I tryed to shape original mast left-right pre-bend with aft lowers. to set mast in column. AND IT WAS WRONG MOVE. Learning more manuals say to straightening mast with forward lowe...