It certainly didn't feel like summer but it was still great to be on the water again. The weekly series doesn't start until next week but, with the mast up, why waste a Wednesday? This was a shakedown event for boat and crew.Chris is on sick leave; Janet will do foredeck. David wants to learn about spinnakers and so will fill the mastman position. Emi is the new addition and will replace David on pit. Charles and I retain our roles as tactician and helm.
I had thought of doing an around the island however I got a feeling from the crew that this was too ambitious for a first sail. We ended up heading south and tried to do a mark rounding at Gibraltar. The chute didn't cooperate. No damage done. We were a bit out of practise; hopefully we did enough to activate dormant muscle memories.
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