Monday, January 28, 2013

Sailing: First Crewed Sail

With a mixture of experience on board we set off on a grey and damp day into 4ft swell and a steady 13kt breeze.

Over two hours we got everyone familiar with the basic boat controls and by the end everyone could work a winch and a  few people had some helmsing experience. Hopefully people will be back for more and we'll continue to work on learning trim!

Racer 5 IPA wrapped up the day.

This week a chap from North Sails should be coming to measure the boat for her new cruising sails. These are going to be pretty high tech and should get her moving well without needing the racing sails. I'm excited for a couple of months from now when we hoist fresh white canvas on a windy day :)








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