Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Main Sail


I put up the main today.  It look great but it's about a foot too tall.  I'll have to do some adjusting either on the head, the foot, or the boom & sail track.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Ceiling Fan


Running the diesel stove all the hot air collects at the overhead.  A couple days ago I google searched and found the tiny ceiling fan.  It arrived today.  It's 12 vdc.  It's small enough I can walk under it but I'll shorten the stem and mount it a couple inches higher.  For being so small it really moves a lot of air.  It should help make the boat comfortable in the tropics.  The motor is brushless so there is nothing to wear out.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Spinnaker sailing


The wind was light, at least for a while, and I flew the spinnaker.  I need about 400 feet more line.  Each tack get 2 lengths of 90 ft.  I also need to rig a topping lift for the pole.