ok, bret didn't go out on the boate for his birthday, but that didn't keep us from testing out the new jib. the outboard was a bit finicky today, crapped out on us in the marina, and we had to sail out. then it crapped out on the way in, and we had to abort an attempt at coming into the marina, from inside the breakwater. there were a couple of tense moments as we tacked out from behind the breakwater against a pretty strong current and a challenging headwind. once we were clear of the breakwater we got the engine running again, (it's my guess that the rich/lean knob had been twisted outside of its normal range), and we made it into the slip. once we were tied up, captain steen noticed that there was a big thick plastic bag wrapped around the propeller. well, the new jib is one fine piece of cloth, and she was pulling like a schoolboy out there in the wind........
Posted by captain eric at August 9, 2003 11:12 PM