There yea are-99.99% finished.By hooks or by crooks I sure am first in SA!Sailed her the week before and this weekend.First time we sailed on her maiden "voyage" the whole family were on the boat accept my eldest son who is now working near Underwood-ND.The wind was gusty so I decided to wait till later the afternoon for the wind to calm down a bit.We kept close to shore and the jetty to avoid some 5 miles rowing back and the wind petered out.I could hardly feel the breeze on my cheek and still the shore was far away so I decided to run with the wind from astern moving about half a yard /second to the shore. And then all of a sudden we could hear a gust aproaching and then seeing the rippling on the water I just knew I have more trouble than I have bargained for.The only option was to turn the wheel and when the gust reached us the boat gained momentum and I turned her around 180 deg and then the full gust hit us keeping her in irons-phew the turnaround was speedy and Linda being on a sailboat for the first time in her live did not like the manoeuvre very much-to such an extent that she did not come along this weekend. However no damage except for the clubfoot that split where the screw-eye entered it.This weekend the wind was quite strong so we waited again and then Ruan and I sailed-the wind differs from moderate to fresh and we really enjoyed it coming back just before the sun dipped in the west.We took this photo but there was some clouds before the sun so the colours are a bit faded.
As an afterthought-we would not win a regatta easily at this stage but we would always be first in our class :idea: ...... in SA!!
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