Bala regatta 27/08/22

 the trip was very last minute as wind was not good very light 

0800 i set  off and stopped a few times to tighten the loosening cargo strap at 1000 i arrived and set about unpacking then rigging the boat, all went well  brief at 1200 race at 1300, set off 1230 to sail down the lake   got there intime for the start to commence 

wind was very light and the comets soon caught us for 3 mins they got in the way but it was a drift and didnt finish very high up the fast fleet

race 2 was more wind after a postponement the boat went well and was a joy upwind but the downwinf was painful

race 3 had a cracking start and got to the windward mark in 3rd behind the very fast solo and fireball.

the downwind leg was painfully slow again getting pipped by the blaze of martin clift

so 11th 6th 5th , a slow sail back a quick derig and put Muutley to its new berth spot

very pleased overall . a hot day lack of enough water but a pasty to eat before the trip home .

Kicker upgrade

 

back in the spring i attempted an upgrade from 8 to 1 to 32 to 1 on the kicker using 12 plate 4mm dynema , i failed to understand how to do it and got 16 to 1

now the boat is home i set myself up and redid the lot to get it to 32 to 1 

basically adding one more line and block , to tidy up i used new lines being the blue and yellow , it all worked out well and looks good .

Trolly repair

 well luckily someone in the village is a welder fabricator

so Tuesday last week i dropped it off with a photo for referance 

hopefully shouldnt be too long 

Trolley damage

 

Trolley damage

 had a report Monday 15th that my trolley had been damaged.

so a trip to New Quay was on the cards to recover the boat

this was what i found