Today was excellent!!! Twig picking in the morning then out sailing for most of the middle of the day. Winds were supposed to come up to 25 knots in the afternoon so we practiced early. We got the heavy 4 up and sorted trim and hoist numbers. We then ran all the halyard lock tests successfully and moved to main halyard marking for the 3 reef points. By time we completed our tasks while dodging various ferries, police boats, Finn…
Well today was about safety and halyards. We have many ways of getting sails up the mast and today was all about hoist height and release angles and offsets. The halyard locks on the main were replaced with a more reliable 2:1 system for now. EPIRB and PLB (personal locator beacons) were organized and tested. And today was the big boat series with Wild Oats, Beau Geste and the like competing within Sydney Harbour. The race was live streamed back…
Well, today was interesting! OMG! Started at 8, finished near 9 with a nice curry dinner and home by 11pm. Much ass dragging going on by end of day. Brad must have been up the mast 10 times sorting halyard locks and such… and he has to go up each time we hoist and douse the main… Brave new world there. After much futzing and organizing of safety and related gear and a half dozen riggers and sorters dropping by…
Joe, Jay, Carla, Libby and I all arrived Sydney airport within 30 minutes of one another which is impressive when we took 3 different routes to get here. After checking in to our main house (very nice by the way) we headed down the hill to CYCA to check out the new Lindy. Brad and Tori and team had the boat in great shape and she looks ready to go. Note the carbon fibre liferaft case painted white for sun…
Congratulations to our Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month – The Triple Lindy! Release here In an effort to get more coverage in the media than the skipper Joe “Hollywood”, the boys appear in todays’s paper. Triple Lindy wins sailor of the month award THE CHRONICLE HERALD The 10-person crew of the Triple Lindy, which includes five Nova Scotians, have earned Sail Canada’s sailor of the month award. Triple Lindy competed in the Newport-Bermuda race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the Rolex…
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