Another interesting weekend..

[Fergus]

I picked up the newly-repaired new genny (£300 thanks very much!) and headed down to the boat. Hoisted said sail and the rotostay foil parted the same place as before. Hoisted SWMBO up on the bosun’s chair to see if she could pull it down – no joy, so let her down to the deck and tried lowering the sail – gets stuck at the point where the foil has separated. Up goes SWMBO again, releases sail and notices missing screws from the foil. Down she comes, I scavenge a screw from the lower foil section, up she goes and successfully secures the foil. Down she comes – oh bu88er, the top part of the fitting won’t slide down the foil under its own weight, so up goes SWMBO AGAIN and brings down the fitting. Up goes the sail – can’t tension it enough, so down comes the sail, I remove all possible superfluous shackles and up goes the sail again – SUCCESS!. Hang on, the rotostay is set up to furl clockwise but the sacrificial strip is on the starboard side of the sail! Down comes the sail, rewind the rotostay in the opposite direction and hoist up again. Phew! I now look like Charles Atlas and SWMBO is covered in bruises courtesy of all those helpful Moboers racing past while gawping at us. We still had a laugh though!
Now just have to sort dodgy battery charging and smoky engine..

 

[johnalison]

I'm exhausted already.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

At least the bosuns chair works well..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Judders]

Did SWMBO have Stugeron with breakfast, lunch & tea?

 

[duncan]

If I had seen you I would have stopped and either

1. provided the cold beer as you continued the excersie routine
2. shared the effort

feel free to pm me where you are in the harbour and I will make a point of waving/stopping!

Duncan

 

[FullCircle]

I take it you got SWMBO a Superwoman outfit like Pwerskippers for Christmas then?

Or is this your grand plan for aquiring a larger better boat, and you are just wearing her down until she agrees?

 

[Fergus]

Hhmm - 41ft and 8500kg displacement is already borderline for 2 of us!

 

[bigwow]

Can I borrow your SWMBO I need a halliard guide riviting to the top of the mast, to stop my rotostay jamming.
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[Magic]

Mmmmm good rates paid for cleaning the gutters and washing down the upstairs window frames etc

 

[Athene V30]

Can I borrow her too, I need a willing volunteer to go up the mast and there is no way my SWMBO will do it.

How did you train her?

 

[john_morris_uk]

[ QUOTE ]
Can I borrow your SWMBO I need a halliard guide riviting to the top of the mast, to stop my rotostay jamming.
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[/ QUOTE ]I've got a spare one of those in the garage - do you want it?