FullCircle
Well-Known Member
There\'s hole in my bucket, Dear Liza, Dear Liza.....
Well, this weekend was about holes.
On Saturday morning, we discovered that my doughty dinghy, full of wood for the bonfire was, in fact, full of holes. 3 at least. So that was why it took 4 of us to drag it up the beach. Being twin skinned it leaked in and was difficult to get out again. You may be surprised to learn that the bit of gaffer tape I stuck on the holes in the hull were still in place when I reached home, and had reduced the ingress to about 25 gallons on the return leg.
The there was the pleasurable hole, which Forumites dug for the treasure chest. A raging success, so thats good.
We also have Jomo the Wild otter who elbowed his way through his sprayhood, but it sounds as if he has that sorted already.
We had a fantastic Fine reach up the Wallet to the Spitway, and were whizzing between 6 to 7 knots even towing a sinking dinghy. Unfortunately we saw 2 holes appear in the Genoa along the foot, where the UV protection has obviously failed.
A little further on, the wind went forward and piped up, and a further 3 splits appeared.
Best to put it away now, before it really shreds.
So, the Full Circle Genoa is at the end of its current service life. So, the sail now resides with Wilkinsons in Burnham to see what can be done about the rotten material. I think the application of a reinforcing strip down both the leech and the foot will do it, or Mike may reduce the sail area and put a new leech in.
So, a lot of holes, Dear Liza.
Well, this weekend was about holes.
On Saturday morning, we discovered that my doughty dinghy, full of wood for the bonfire was, in fact, full of holes. 3 at least. So that was why it took 4 of us to drag it up the beach. Being twin skinned it leaked in and was difficult to get out again. You may be surprised to learn that the bit of gaffer tape I stuck on the holes in the hull were still in place when I reached home, and had reduced the ingress to about 25 gallons on the return leg.
The there was the pleasurable hole, which Forumites dug for the treasure chest. A raging success, so thats good.
We also have Jomo the Wild otter who elbowed his way through his sprayhood, but it sounds as if he has that sorted already.
We had a fantastic Fine reach up the Wallet to the Spitway, and were whizzing between 6 to 7 knots even towing a sinking dinghy. Unfortunately we saw 2 holes appear in the Genoa along the foot, where the UV protection has obviously failed.
A little further on, the wind went forward and piped up, and a further 3 splits appeared.
Best to put it away now, before it really shreds.
So, the Full Circle Genoa is at the end of its current service life. So, the sail now resides with Wilkinsons in Burnham to see what can be done about the rotten material. I think the application of a reinforcing strip down both the leech and the foot will do it, or Mike may reduce the sail area and put a new leech in.
So, a lot of holes, Dear Liza.
