four FS out for the evening
jury rigged tiller ext
needs some outhaul!
deploy paddle now
I was going to sail on one of the Flying Scotts, but was experimenting with getting my Main up on the i550...it has been a struggle, but I figured it out. Simple adjustment of the initial feed. So once up, I figured, well it's really light and sailing out to watch the Scotts and take a few pix for the website might be a better use of time. Of course, something had to foul up and it was my complete failure to find my tiller extension which is a vital piece of gear on the i550 because there are times you'd better be hiking hard to weather. Last night wasn't one of them, I think the most we saw was maybe 6 kn. But in any case, decided to jury rig an extension by taping a paddle to the tiller. Worked! Awkward as heck, but functional and in a way, sort of served to act as kind of an autohelm.
In case, pleasant enough sail, despite having to assist with a paddle (repurposed from the tiller) for the last 500 yards into the dock.