Weekend

This weekend could be exciting in the world of Live Magic. Either she will get a tillerpilot fitted or not, and she may go to Poole or not. Fingers crossed for both but only time will tell.

Sailing

I picked up the sail on Friday as planned in Poole from Crusader Sails who could not have been nicer if they tried. I had a brief tour of the factory and some advice before heading back to the boat.

Once the sail was fitted I took her out for a spin. Unfortunately the wind was a bit strong and I still have no reefing on the main so I was under head sail alone. I put the whole genoa out and had a great time doing 4.5 knots, very nearly the boats top speed.

The following day I took the boat out with my dad and anchored at the entrance to Chichester harbour in beautiful sunshine. We then sailed to Northney Marina and had an excelent steak at the Royal Oak. Sunday we waited for the tide and motored back in a F7 to Emsworth marina. Unfortunately I broke the guard wire which was rusted internally so I now have something else on the list to replace!

Sail at last!

My sail will apparently be ready on Friday so hopefully we'll start to see some pictures of the boat out sailing.

Motoring

This weekend I replaced the leaking fuel cock on the engine, fitted a new sparkplug and replaced the impeller. Although the impeller appeared to be working it actually only had 2 out of 6 vanes left. The difference since replacement is very noticeable. With all that done, and while still waiting for the new headsail, I went for a motor with my brother. We took a quick trip in the sunshine over to the Hayling Island bridge and picked up a mooring buoy for a while to refuel.

Here's the boat following the deck painting and sanding.

And here is a before and after shot of the sanding. I was using 80 grit paper on a precision sander then applied teak oil after cleaning.