007 licence to keel

Got to take the new sail out in a bit more wind today, blowing a nice force 4, here is a little action shot of ben pulling her up

perfect for the girls to learn more and practice sailing in a little more wind than there used too.

Meg decided the boat needed a pet, not realising the snail had a family we now have a bit more than we bargained for!

And always taking the opportunity to take photos of ourselves!

Luckily for us the weather held out, just until we got back and had to tie the boat up, but as they say, there is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing!

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Doing the Dodgers

In order to make a spanking new pair of dodgers for you boat you need to first find your nearest pair of slippers to act as paper (dodger) weights
Colour is optional! Once joe has finished whipping the bad boys up our resident artist/ illustrator Meg is going to sign write them so the boat can wear its name with pride. As well as being very talented in the arts department Meggie has also lent her hand to crafts and made Ben an awesome log book/ travel journal

Meg and Debs have also been updating the Crew Profiles, and getting to grips with Twatter and IG

A little light tinker

Due to a lack of wind we took the opportunity to do some bits and bobs to the boat, thankfully for us the sun was shining. With only around 5 weeks left until we sail for Spain there is not a whole bunch of things to do, just the jobs that where put off before, finishing touches let’s say. So we started the day of with a bit of sewing, making the cockpit cushion covers. Here is Joe doing just that:

We then decided that we had been indoors for too long and went to the boat, there Ben hauls Joe up the mast to fix the anchor and motoring lights, while the rest of us enjoyed the sun

Some of the neighbours cruised over to see what all the fuss was about…

Tomorrow will be a full day of cushion covers and a set of new dodgers for the boat as the weather is coming in. The weekend is looking to be wet but with a good bit of wind about, a chance to really test out the new sail and hopefully some swell on the horizon so we can get our rubber on

Peace!

Heading upwind

Ben at Dusk

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