Well Charlotte is in the water, rig is in and today we underwent sail trials. She is one sweet thing. instrument commissioning and setting up the sail computer along with the first sail hoists and sail tests. An absolutely perfect day with 9knots of breeze (doing 7 knots) and no swell to speak of. Perfect for calibrating instruments setting sails and tuning of rigging.
Is that the time, last I looked it was 8am and the day is over already. Time flies when we are having fun.
Boys were up the mast (hence the photo) for marking spreader patches, most instrumentation is now set and calibrated, just fine tuning to go. We flew the no 1 kite just because we could and we wanted to see how big our houses really are in sq meterage. Only after when packing does it it hit home just how big it is. Takes 5 minutes just to stuff it in the bag! Plenty of sail area.
Discovered that the autohelm can tack the boat so we dont really need a helmsman! And I am a bit worried about the buttons on the display up the back. Should only be one toy in the playpen.
The crew is now eagerly anticipating the weekend for the planned training sail to Mandurah on Saturday.
