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 lowers.
it is counterintuitive, but now sounds more logical. Let see, next time I would try to re-adjust different way.
Yes, I was able to set mast straight even with aft lowers, bit ended up with not an equal tension on lowers and under load I have got the same asymmetry in the mast as it was before.
I tightened all lowers one turn at time and was able to keep mast straight.
Issue is that on the starboard tack at ~15 kn. wind i have port lowers noticeably slack. On opposite tack starboard lowers are stay tight.
Emergency bilge pump
Check how deep bilge is to put emergency pump. - 9" is a maximum.
Big (outside) display
Added switch to big display touchscreen to eliminate false touching during rain.
AIS
Now people can see me! Sure, if i transmit my position.
Electric panel
Added dimmer for indicator LEDs on the main electric panel.
Covers
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| Saturday night in local restaurant |
SAILING
Planned a nice, gentle sailing outing with my wife. The forecast confidently promised 5–8 knots, less than 1 ft waves, and partly cloudy skies—basically a brochure-perfect day.
Naturally, reality delivered 10–15 knots and 1–1.5 ft short, choppy waves. Still, things were tolerable… right up until it was time to head back.
That’s when the drizzle started, and we had to go dead downwind. For the next hour, we experienced the full educational program of downwind sailing—rolling, wobbling, and questioning our life choices.
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| Me and my happy wife Maria |
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| We motoring channel out of Kemah |
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| My brave co-captain Vic |
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| Other fun moment (hard to get) |
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| Autopilot on duty |
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