I'd rather a shitfight here... than there!
Hi all,
We did another full rigup of the boat on the lawns of the Walvis Bay Yacht Club today. We are getting close to being in sailing mode. It's no easy feat as many of the new systems are far more complicated than what we had before. This is in order to make them much more user friendly in the cockpit i.e. if a shitfight happens at 40+ knots down the course, I want a certain scenario to unfold semi-automatically. This whole flap deployment thing is a big and complicated issue and it keeps me awake at nights. I think that we are very close and today we got even closer.
Sometimes progress of any sort needs to be appreciated down here. Most things that we want are here in Walvis Bay... but they aren't necessarily in the one shop! This means that I have to drive all over town to collect the various items. I had to make a wire shroud yesterday and it took four different outlets to get the thimbles, swages, wires and crimping tool. I had to find all these, get them and then pick up the finished product later in the day. It nearly takes a day. I don't begrudge it as I am happy just to get it and each of those four companies are as helpful as they can be... but that is where the time goes.
The good news is that the WSSRC official (mike Ellison) is around these parts for another month as is Marcus Schwendtner who does the timing. This means that if we need to do an attempt on short notice then we should be good until around October the 15th.
We learnt alot on our last visit to Walvis Bay. We know how good it is just "out there". We know it is up to us to live up to it. We understand what we need to enter the arena and that takes time. No need to justify our timing in fact. I hope the results will speak for themselves.
OK, so now we are off to 'The Raft' for dinner... before this bottle of bourbon loses its sting and becomes akin to a friend:)
Cheers, Paul.
We did another full rigup of the boat on the lawns of the Walvis Bay Yacht Club today. We are getting close to being in sailing mode. It's no easy feat as many of the new systems are far more complicated than what we had before. This is in order to make them much more user friendly in the cockpit i.e. if a shitfight happens at 40+ knots down the course, I want a certain scenario to unfold semi-automatically. This whole flap deployment thing is a big and complicated issue and it keeps me awake at nights. I think that we are very close and today we got even closer.
Sometimes progress of any sort needs to be appreciated down here. Most things that we want are here in Walvis Bay... but they aren't necessarily in the one shop! This means that I have to drive all over town to collect the various items. I had to make a wire shroud yesterday and it took four different outlets to get the thimbles, swages, wires and crimping tool. I had to find all these, get them and then pick up the finished product later in the day. It nearly takes a day. I don't begrudge it as I am happy just to get it and each of those four companies are as helpful as they can be... but that is where the time goes.
The good news is that the WSSRC official (mike Ellison) is around these parts for another month as is Marcus Schwendtner who does the timing. This means that if we need to do an attempt on short notice then we should be good until around October the 15th.
We learnt alot on our last visit to Walvis Bay. We know how good it is just "out there". We know it is up to us to live up to it. We understand what we need to enter the arena and that takes time. No need to justify our timing in fact. I hope the results will speak for themselves.
OK, so now we are off to 'The Raft' for dinner... before this bottle of bourbon loses its sting and becomes akin to a friend:)
Cheers, Paul.
Paul Larsen
Mobile: + 44 (0) 794 684 1929
E-mail: paularsen1@aol.com
www.sailrocket.com
Mobile: + 44 (0) 794 684 1929
E-mail: paularsen1@aol.com
www.sailrocket.com
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