Problems Fixed

I know I have not posted in a while but I have also had some difficulties in some setting with Blogger. Seems all is fixed from that end now.

The last sail I did was on Jessie's O'Day. It proved to be another experience worth noting. It was a great sail from what I can remember. The day was nice, winds were good and we were sailing along. we decided to head in since a storm cloud was building and things looked like they would get a little rough. When I tried to drop the head sail, I notice a frayed part of the forestay closer to the top as opposed to the bottom. Needless to say, the hanks from the head kept getting caught on the broken wire and it kept getting worse as I had to force the sail down.

It was a mess but I got the sail down just in time as the winds kicked up. I used the halyard as a support for the forestay and we were able to motor in just fine. I understand it is all fixed and hopefully we will be out sailing again soon.

So although not much to report, the plan is a Thursday night race on Cool Change, maybe some weekend sailing with Jessie, Reggie is planning an overnighter in late October, plus Pat and I are going to do the next bunch of Sunday races at DIYC. The weather has been awesome, mid 80's and the winds have been real nice as well. I'm looking forward to some fall sailing.