8th July ROLLERBOX and Jib

during the week i had been building a new boat stand and ordered some rollers so the boat could slide onto the stand easy, my guess was 3 would be enough and it was

 with M8 bolts and washers to fix them down to the box which was 1 metre long,












the old back boxs were taken away and the boat stand props from the front and all the other wood that had congragated around the boat. finally around 1130 i was finnished and ready to go sailing.
spent more time sorting the jib and changing the shackle to hook onto the clew, this was a cheap snap shackle from B&Q for £2.79
then it was a case of sussing out the furling drum and how to do it. eventually i sorted it. launched into what looked like light wind. eventually i pulled the job out to give it a go. and found it had slipped down and hada kink in it near the bottom. oh well. after talking to greg after we wrked out a way of rigging it better.  sailed 9.6nm approx and around 1h 37

off Ballard, looking back toward Old Harry (right hand side of pic looking )

wind around 7-10knts

Sailing Diary latest

1.  6.1nm   "ERL"  1H   SOLO      010417
     STRAYCAT with John Russ        020417
2   6.0nm   "ERL" 1H SOLO        250417
3   1.1nm   "ERL"  30M  SOLO   220517
4   4.1nm   "ERL"  44M   RACE  SOLO   270517
     STRAYCAT  with John Russ    100617   14.3nm  3hr 5m
5.  8.4nm   "ERL"  1H30M  SOLO  160617
6. 6nm approx "ERL" 1H55  SOLO  020717
7.  5nm  "ERL"  1H  approx  SUMMER RACE SERIES   020717
8. 9.6nm "ERL"  1H37M (test sail with jib  first time)  080717

2ND jULY 2017 early morning sail and first race complete on Sprint15 since 2006

 an early start to get to swanage and park.
on the water by 0850   sailed for 2hrs almost before the race got under starters orders.
wind was more further out into the bay bu the forecast was due to drop so a small triangle was set.
had to remember to start with the mono s as sprint15s start with them now.
i messed the start up as i went head to wind and had a job to gwet going again.
went over the line almost 2 mins late. played catchup but it wasnt to be. adrian passed me in the 2 sail version as i was on main only.
race was about an hour and 5nm after reseting my trip.
the first part wasnt recorded for some reason.
pics and vid to follow

heading out for sail and not paying attention