"DSK" wrote in message

Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape.

3 weeks of knuckle bruising labour to get all systems overhauled. Way more
work then I anticipated.

Surely you tough Arctic types aren't going to complain about a little
drizzle?

No problems other than my hands were so pruned up that the cigarette kept
going out! :-)

Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any
measurements? Very useful info.

Yup I keep a baseline of numbers for rigging tension and have a caliper to
measure loads on the sheets and halyards. It provides a great indicator of
if a particular area is suffering extra loads due to a variety of factors
[ ie: sheave lubrication, wear on the sheets/halyards, mast alignment /
rake/ shroud & stay tension balanced / etc.]


You got a tan in 1 weekend?

Yeah!.... what's odd about that? I tan overnight usually.... rarely get
"red" for more than 6 hours before it browns up nice.

Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures!

Well I just got seconded to a large project so I only have the weekends and
the job is 5 hours away. I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend.
(Is there such a thing?? :-)

Sure was a blast.....

CM