2015 DIARY

SAILING DIARY 2015

1. 4th JAN.Weston S.C  New year cup.  2 races. 6.6 MILES 2.5 HRS   light wind

2. 14th JAN Weston S.C freezer 1 & 2  14.8 miles  2h 15m   wind nw 15-25knts  

D. 7th FEB  DUTY DAY WESTON S.C 

3. 21st FEB  FREEZER 3 & 4     wind 15-23knts nw 

D. 3rd April...... DUTY Weston Grand Slam  R1

4. 4th april R4 and R6 WESTON GRAND SLAM 

D. 5TH APRIL......DUTY  R7, R8, R9.  RESULTS

5. 25TH APRIL spring 3&4 race Sam harper wind sw 15knts++

6. 30th MAY SPRING RACE BACK TO BACK  CREW MIKE FOOTER wind 10-15knts nw. 2h 40m 18.3miles

7. 20th JUNE  JUNE CUP SERIES (3 RACES DONE)  WIND 8-15KNTS , CREW RICHARD STAINIER

8. 9th august  late summer series 1 CREW RICHARD STAINIER about 45 mins 15knts plus 5.8 miles  

9. 15th August late summer r5  r6 solo  2 races in about 10 knts of wind 2hrs 

10. 29TH AUG AUGUST CUP.   R1  R2  R3  solo   8- 10knts  sse

11. 5th SEPTEMBER LATE SUMMER 9 &10  crew Patrick Conduit  wind 10knts to 20++  8.2miles & 6.1miles

1h40 & 1h 15 

12. 19TH SEPT. LATE SUMMER 11&12 SAM HARPER Wind r1 light  wind r2 10 knots plus r1 2.2 miles r2 4.6 miles 

S.C 4TH OCT sailed straycat strider club with john russ, shell bay to swanage and back 14,6nm 3h28
17th October. WINTER SERIES sam harper  
S.C 20TH Nov sailed straycat shell bay back to its winter mooring 6.8nm 2h plus
13.  29th dec MBM pleasure sail Richard Hart  3.5 miles 49minutes wind 7-17knts  wind 240-230 deg 

summary
25h 46m racing time in 20 races

Winter series 17th Oct

race one track, wind was forecast to be 1112-18 knts nw, it was lower than that but got up in the 2nd shorter race, sam was good on his tactics today and made for some good racing against mike.
we started  late in r1 over 2m 20 late
we are 140 behind and the tetra mark in the channel and then led at the end of the lap. we kept the lead all the way tot he finnish.
r2 was windy and mike was catching fast after we had a good start.
at the end of lap 3 mike just took the lead but to the tetra we were racing neck and neck, we tacked off and made our own way back to the line, made allowances to get to the blob mark but then found out we were finishing. mike went straight for the line which was a shorter distance, so they beat us. good racing. i feel better racing myself and sams a very good crew.
7miles  57m

spare rudders overhaul

bought a set of rudders on ebay for a good price, in good condition it said, not used much so very tight to unlock.
i got them and found they were in good condition apart from one. the blade where it meets the arm had been repaired. it snapped of during undoing.
the rudder bolts were the metal sort and seized solid.
after drilling out with no success on one i then decided to whack it with a hammer hard . the insert and bolt came out as one. new replacement rudder service kit job done.

the other that i had drilled out i then hit as well and the whole lot came out. outer sleeve as well
so ordered that as well, this was then epoxied back in place and the rudder reassembled. no problem
cleaned up all working fine.

the broken rudder end bit basically is now spare like i had a spare blade before.
i will try to bond some isopan p40 and reshape it. more on this later

all fixed, the isopan p40 was really good. a bolt the same size as used was placed in the slot where it had to go wrapped in paper. the isopan fibreglass was mixed and then spread on top to make the shape of how it should have been, it soon went off, after a while it was sanded down with a bosch dremmel type machine and then mouse sander, the holes showing were filled with just some glue.
it was then sprayed with plasticote white paint.
all looking good. hopefully will do the job.