Couple of days later I was back at the boat during the morning calm and saddened to see other boats wind paddlewheels all start spinning before Kraken's, though it did eventually spin.
So I took another trip up the mast, this time with a soapy water sprayer. Lot's of soapy water spraying and hosing off later and the instruments were reading 20 - 40% more wind.
And now it starts spinning at roughly the same time as the other boats...
As I practice climbing the mast now things are getting faster and the time for this operation was about 30 minutes of time climbing or working at the top. However coming down takes as long as going up, and it seems like gravity should lend a hand, so I'm going to start practicing self belaying, from a nice low level to begin with!
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