Happy days... Run 25 completed, sailing again.
Hi all, just a quick one from the container before we head home to go through all the data from Run 25.
This marks our first sail since our return to Walvis and it was done on a near perfect day. It just goes to show that no matter how ready you think you are... you can't beat actual time on the water to show you the real state of play. Overall the boat was pretty good... but the electronic systems were average at best. The new solid state onboard camera system failedjust before the run started. The I(can't)COM VHF's were worse than hand signals, the gecko headset failed despite just coming back from a factory service and so on. This annoys the hell out of me as we spend so much time and effort on this stuff. I find it just as hard to have a successful run electronically as I do with the boat itself!!! It's a necessary evil in this game I'm afraid and one that is more than a full time job for Helena.
So, how did the run go? Pretty good overall but I will reserve judgement until I see the numbers. We hit 37 knots and probably did a good 500m average. The wind was dropping off as was the tide. seeing that the new solid-state onboard camera wasn't functioning and hence recording my audio... I decided to head back to The Yacht club and be content with a good shakedown run. The joblist has grown but it's all good.
From my perspective it felt great to be back in the cockpit. The ride was pretty bumpy but I felt good control. I got moents of lee helm but not as much as last time. I'll be interested to see what the data from the PI RESEARCH black box says.
I'll let you know... cheers, Paul.
This marks our first sail since our return to Walvis and it was done on a near perfect day. It just goes to show that no matter how ready you think you are... you can't beat actual time on the water to show you the real state of play. Overall the boat was pretty good... but the electronic systems were average at best. The new solid state onboard camera system failedjust before the run started. The I(can't)COM VHF's were worse than hand signals, the gecko headset failed despite just coming back from a factory service and so on. This annoys the hell out of me as we spend so much time and effort on this stuff. I find it just as hard to have a successful run electronically as I do with the boat itself!!! It's a necessary evil in this game I'm afraid and one that is more than a full time job for Helena.
So, how did the run go? Pretty good overall but I will reserve judgement until I see the numbers. We hit 37 knots and probably did a good 500m average. The wind was dropping off as was the tide. seeing that the new solid-state onboard camera wasn't functioning and hence recording my audio... I decided to head back to The Yacht club and be content with a good shakedown run. The joblist has grown but it's all good.
From my perspective it felt great to be back in the cockpit. The ride was pretty bumpy but I felt good control. I got moents of lee helm but not as much as last time. I'll be interested to see what the data from the PI RESEARCH black box says.
I'll let you know... cheers, Paul.
posted by Paul at 6:21 pm
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way to go team. Keep it up
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