Thursday, August 21, 2008

Sailing again

Well I went sailing again and it was amazing. The winds were about 15 knots and we were moving. There was a lot of hiking out and my legs are a little sore this morning but totally worth it.
There are a few things that need tweaking to make the experience even better. a shorter tiller perhaps as it is hitting the sides of the boat right now and a second block on the boom for a 2:1 purchase on the main sheet. Having that extra block will mean that will be able to pull in the main a lot easier while under sail.
In the 2 hours that we were out we sailed about 10 km in my estimation, from Kingston out to Wolfe Island, back to Kingston and half way out again.
For a second sail things went pretty good. We almost went swimming a few times, got some great pictures which I will link to soon and walked away with big smiles on our faces.

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