...Sigh.....
Yesterday was Malcolms last day here so we were very keen to get in a good run. The day was looking good. It was shaping up for a late afternoon sail as we waited for the tide to fill in. The wind was hitting 20's but we were ready for it.
We got the team together and took Sailrocket over to the course around 3:30 pm. As I set up the Tacktick weather station I wwas watching the wind carefully. It had dropped down to 14-17 knots. This would still be enough for a mild run but there was every chance it would fill in again.
We quickly took Sailrocket to the top of the course and got her ready.
I busied myself with all the details of turning on all the sensors, data recorders, videos, mic's etc.
Once everyone was in place I slipped the line and quickly noticed how flat everything was.
The wind had gone.
We wallowed down the course in 11 knots of wind.
The weather is mocking us. Even here in Walvis Bay it can be so hard to get the right wind.
I sailed Sailrocket right off the end of the mile long course and up into the lagoon area where we did a slow fly-by of the pub.
We were all bitterly disappointed. We had spent alot of our very scarce resource to get Malcolm down here and once again he hadn't been able to see the Rocket fired in anger.
So this morning he has left us and returned to the UK. You need to dedicate alot more time to these projects as they usually don't deliver when you want them to but at more random times. You need to be in a state of perpetual readiness.
It's the hardest part of all. The waiting... and the frustration that goes with it.
So we sit here... ready once again... and waiting.
I might go and completely rebuild the rudder system... again... just to fend off the insanity.
Paul.
We got the team together and took Sailrocket over to the course around 3:30 pm. As I set up the Tacktick weather station I wwas watching the wind carefully. It had dropped down to 14-17 knots. This would still be enough for a mild run but there was every chance it would fill in again.
We quickly took Sailrocket to the top of the course and got her ready.
I busied myself with all the details of turning on all the sensors, data recorders, videos, mic's etc.
Once everyone was in place I slipped the line and quickly noticed how flat everything was.
The wind had gone.
We wallowed down the course in 11 knots of wind.
The weather is mocking us. Even here in Walvis Bay it can be so hard to get the right wind.
I sailed Sailrocket right off the end of the mile long course and up into the lagoon area where we did a slow fly-by of the pub.
We were all bitterly disappointed. We had spent alot of our very scarce resource to get Malcolm down here and once again he hadn't been able to see the Rocket fired in anger.
So this morning he has left us and returned to the UK. You need to dedicate alot more time to these projects as they usually don't deliver when you want them to but at more random times. You need to be in a state of perpetual readiness.
It's the hardest part of all. The waiting... and the frustration that goes with it.
So we sit here... ready once again... and waiting.
I might go and completely rebuild the rudder system... again... just to fend off the insanity.
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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