e meant to swell up when wet! Anyway now looking for a plumber's merchant to buy an end stop. Finally on this week's jobs list I have to go up the mast to tighten up the masthead aerial which came loose in the heavy weather - will wait until the winds die down a bit before doing that!
Saturday, October 5, 2013
the new mainsail bag
We had a new mainsail bag fitted which is a great improvement - we can now just let the main halyard run, the main drops in the bag and we zip up the bag - job done! No more flaking (wrestling) the main and struggling to fit the cover. Along with the mast cars we fitted at the beginning of last season for the main, the new mainsail bag makes handling the main a lot easier. We also fitted a new jib sheet with a 2:1 ratio so again much easier to sheet in. Next we need to replace the reefing lines so they are much easier to put in and take out. A constant battle to keep everything working but also make things as easy as possible. We had one small alarm when the water pump was running constantly - an urgent search for a leak in the fresh water system! Found the solenoid switch for the watermaker had cracked and was leaking. Took the pipe off and closed the end with a wooden bung - only to find the water seeping through the actual wood!! Maybe they'r
e meant to swell up when wet! Anyway now looking for a plumber's merchant to buy an end stop. Finally on this week's jobs list I have to go up the mast to tighten up the masthead aerial which came loose in the heavy weather - will wait until the winds die down a bit before doing that!
e meant to swell up when wet! Anyway now looking for a plumber's merchant to buy an end stop. Finally on this week's jobs list I have to go up the mast to tighten up the masthead aerial which came loose in the heavy weather - will wait until the winds die down a bit before doing that!
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