Short early morning sail

Today's sail was a bit of a comedy of errors or a communications failure: It was an early start and I thought Rick said he was up for a sail in the Carrot and to meet him at lands end. I therefore set off and went to and fro a few times between lands end and the watchhouse, trying to spot Rick. Eventually I came back and, after putting the boat away, met Rick coming down the hill in full sailing gear! I think he had been asleep during our previous conversation! Mary got a pic of me coming back:

Booze Cruise

We had a pleasant eveing sail in Zephyr, choosing to go up the Cley Channel. Two of the Oxford contingent came along with me and Rick. Catherine brought some wine and nibbles which we believe was a first.

MKF Weekend Day 2 Morning Sail

MKF Weekend Day 2 Morning Sail Video

MKF Weekend Day 1 Careening

Unfortunately, Zephyr's centreboard was playing up again this morning, so we had yet another working party to try to fix it. There is a theory that Zephyr has spent more time on her side being fiddled with than upright being sailed in.

Howard and I reckoned we were more useful supervising from our canoes:

Fred found a hi-tech method to get the mud out of the centreboard case

The theory was that the rope was snagging (there is some wear)

We replaced the red rope with a thinner, blue, rope but unfortunately the knot seems to snag worse than before, dammit. Now the centreboard is stuck protruding a bit.

MKF Weekend Day 1 Canoeing

This was the first time Howard had been in a canoe!

For all we know, as far as Howard is concerned, it may also be the last.
We had a jolly time paddling about while the others did a spot of careening.

MKF Weekend Day 1 morning sail

For some reason Zephyr was VERY full of water.

It was a very still, foggy day...

... so it was good to get a tow...

The Jav had an interesting sail around the new 'seal island' - not entirely deliberately, I kind of got swept through.

Zephyr motored out to the seals, too, but she was hard to see from the Jav due to the fog. Zephyr sailed back with the wind doing a bit of Goose-winging (aka Swan-Upping).

We reached the end of the cut at much the same time and sailed back together after a much better sail than we might have imagined earlier on.