Thursday, October 25, 2012

Gun shy...

I've been a little gun shy to crank on the vang when I'm sailing, concerned that I'll blow my boat up.  However, it's become clear that one of the major problems, if not the only problem as to why I don't successfully foil well clear of the water is because I'm not using nearly enough vang.  I tried to adjust it on the water last weekend to allow it to get tighter but it was too windy and wavy to successfully make that change.  Once the weather warms up a little (and the foot of newly fallen snow melts) I'll spend some time with the boat rigged in the yard, dialing in the vang so that it can be cranked next time I go sailing.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

It's that time again, actually, it's overdue.  After much work getting J22s ready for the sailing season on behalf of the Park City Sailing Associatoin (www.parkcitysailing.org), I can finally get to the couple of tweaks needed on the Moth. I put a carbon tube on the deck last weekend, that will capture the horizontal push-rod and keep it from flexing.  I'm hoping to get out this coming weekend to take it for a spin.