Just getting to know each other!
Another busy Saturday morning before the 1st Heat of the club Championship at St George. Plenty of ropes to splice, thighs to adjust and rig Clive’s sail to suit my 40mm CST Mast. Good trick here is to use plastic chain links (that you can get from any hardware shop) if you are short on sail spacers. I must admit this was Lea’s clever last minute idea…
So I got it all ready, (or at least 5 out of the list of 30+ things that are on to-do list) and the breeze was looking great. 15-20kn SE and flat water. Excellent! Well it was for a little while before my rudder pin refused to go through the gantry. So I pushed a little harder and then got it stuck with no chance of getting it out. F*5$k it went in fine last week?. I reckon I must have called my boat every offensive word I knew. 20 minutes later, I watched Dave and others start as I contemplated weather I just leave the thing there and drive home or maybe it’s worth while getting it back on the beach?
Anyways, very frustrating. I went back on Sunday to sort out the problem (bent pin or whatever it could have been) and the rudder went on first go! HHmmm, maybe there is something wrong with me?
Luckily John Ilett called later and I think we have it sorted. With very fine tolerances to minimize slop there is a frictionless point that the pin fits best through, so I might mark this for next weekend. Not boats fault after all, I think we just need to get to know each other better!
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