Saturday, May 29, 2010

Tomorrow we sail


Keel is finally in. We had a bit of drama trying to get the keel in last weekend. The halyards, sheets etc were all run today. So we are now ready to go for tomorrows' first sail.


This seems to be a common but very enjoyable thing for me to write.
Thanks again to Andrew of Tokyo Trash Baby for the 4 odd hours
he spent today working on our boat--sorting out a crane to lift the hull
and helping run the rigging and offering experienced advice.

Thanks to Laurie (my Sailmaker mate and soon to be racing helm) for a number of late nights to get the new sails almost ready for tomorrows' launch ( I think TTB will be helping us out yet again with the lone of an old main from TTB for the first sail).

Thanks also to:
Tim Reiter---simple advice for the absolute novice thinking of building
Donna McAndrew---my wife, crew, and all-round good egg
Kosny Corporation---plywood ( Peter Camm all round top bloke)
CG Composites---Epoxy and the advice on how to use it (Thanks Andrew)
John McAndrew---multi skilled legend, thanks for the hand planer.
Next door neighbours--- thanks for the lift and Brayden for welding.
Bias Boating--- deck hardware/ fittings/ ropes.
Rob of TTB---chainplates/ forestay/ rudder mount/ and good advice
Peter Croft---mast (time to build your next project Peter)
Allwood Sails--- sails and rigging advice (Thanks very much to Joel)
Lambourne Yacht Rigging--use of their equipment to get the keel in.
My Mum for ? being my mum and that will do.
Kevin, Ben, Jerome, Peter, and Chad etc---the encourgement is always welcome
Take one person out of this list and Shazza would not be hitting the water.