Viv came up with me this time to work on the boat as last chance to have a few days away before she goes in for her shoulder operation later this week. We had lovely weather for a change with some fantastic sunsets over the harbour at Maryport. We both sat on the quayside watching the sun go down and the colours spreading and changing across the sky.
One of the jobs to do was to put the sails back on, the genoa went up without too many problems but we did have a problem getting it to furl without wrapping the halyard around the top of the forestay. Although it seemed to free off after greasing the bearings. We decided to add a guide on the mast head just below the pulley, this pulls the halyard back towards the mast a technique used by quite a few other boats but means going up the mast to fix it in place.
I managed to borrow a mast ladder off the yacht association but had a few hairy moments when Viv moved around the boat a bit quick and got it rocking, small movements below translated into swaying about in an arc of 4 to 6 feet or more when you are about 30 feet up. Whilst up there I also took the opportunity to attach a couple of pulleys to make lazy-jacks to make stowing the sail easier.
Another glorious sunset made even the nicer when we knew it had been pouring down all day at home!
This beauty had to be evicted from Viv's pottery, it's almost big enough to work the wheel.
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