Shakedown Trip Report
 

Not exactly earth-shaking, but on Saturday, my son who is a 50%
partner in an economy sailboat and I drove out an hour to the nearby
town lake - Latonka - and put the SouthCoast 23 in the water.
We had fitted a superior mast from a Hobie 16 (very impressive design
engineering on the project cat we bought for its mast btw)
and in a departure from usual practice, rigged side stays from the
peak, and from the 2/3rds point "straight-down" - i.e. no cross trees.
The police launch soon appeared to herd the fleet back in, with an
approaching thunderstorm with high winds. (This is a city lake)

After a 2 hour pause, we launched and sailed out on the jib, and
after making a few circles in light winds to get the feel of the
rigging, we headed back in down the channel to dock upwind.
Did I say we haven't got an auxiliary OB yet?

It was good!

Brian Whatcott Altus OK