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


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


That's always the way.

OTOH it is the only way to ensure your vessel is 100% right.



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.]



It was primarily rake & tension that I was thinking of.
Measuring sheet & halyard tension sounds like a great idea;
what about the shrouds? What about measuring the rake?


You got a tan in 1 weekend?


Yeah!.... what's odd about that?

I guess it's the latitude. Down here your skin would peel
off in scorched chunks and leave shiny pink scar tissue. Not
healthy.






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?? :-)


Not really.
If you're racing, a bad weekend is when you finish poorly
and don't have a good excuse. Cruising is much simpler.

DSK