Out of Oceanside, California

Out of Oceanside, California

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Technical changes

I restrung the gaff spar. I set it to the traditional spiral lace to try and take out the wrinkles in the main sail observed on the last sail. Seems to have worked well. No wrinkles in main sail today. I do have one more grommet to pass the line though; that I originally missed that will hold the sail a little closer to the mast. Just a tweak at this point. The gaff rigging should now be good to go. I also found out that I have to leave a little daylight under the boat when putting back onto the trailer. I dipped the trailer a little too far into the water today and the boat did not pull out straight. I ended up rubbing the rub rail on the trailer guide. No real damage done that a little elbow grease will not fix. Set up and tear down only took about 20 mins this time. Getting a better routine and more practice will improve this time even more. This is one of the reasons I liked the Bay Raider. It’s a good trailer sailor. Quick to put up and take down. I also need to move the rear two roller sets, on the trailer, a little closer together. They are not close enough to raise the bow out of the water when I winch it back up. I should only need to move them in an inch or so to fix this. Only issue is that the boat needs to be off the trailer. So, I will have to do this next time I go out by myself

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