New Headboard Shackle

The new Ullman genoa was delivered back in March and was in use for the Meyedenbauer Yacht Club Spring Regatta. The delivery of the new main was delayed by a few weeks but made it to Seattle in time for the first race of the Lake Spring Series. When we put it on it was apparent that the Winchard shackle (left) that fit the old UK Sails main wasn't going to work. We had a spare shackle on board that we were able to squeeze over the headboard, just barely. The day after the race I went to Fisheries and purchased the Ronstan shackle (right). It's the simple things that make life better. Now my Winchard shackle key has been retired to light duty (bottle opener).

New Splice (re-splice?)

Ever since I put the new genoa halyard together I've been wanting to turn my John Monk main halyard cover to core splice into a taper. Check that one off the list.

Last day of early 2010 racing on Lake Union

Boomkicker is finally on.

Gearing up for 2010 sailing I moved the spinnaker halyard to the mast and installed the boomkicker.

Back in the water

After some keel work and a coat of bottom paint the Tbird is back in the water. She's actually been back in the water for about a month now, I just haven't taken the time to update the blog. In that past month I've been taking care of odds and ends in preparation for the North Point Race on September 19. And sailing.

I put on the best looking main from the inventory that came with the boat. It looks old and tired, but it appears to be holding its shape well enough to use and abuse for a little while longer. On the other hand the racing genoa, a UK Halsey tape drive sail, looks like it probably won't survive much longer. The first big wind may just carry off what's left of the mylar, leaving me with a load path doily.

Autumn is on it's way, evidenced by some rainy days and cooler tempuratures, and on one of those rainy days I spent some quality time sitting in the cabin observing where water was finding its way into the boat. The next day, thankfully a sunny one, I traveled around the outside of the boat sealing up points of intrusion. I believe I was able to seal them all, all but the mast. Any suggestion on keeping water from working its way down the mast is appreciated.

Out of the water and on the hard

I took the short trip from the slip to CSR Marine to have the boat hauled out so that I could take pictures of the bottom to send to the insurance company. After taking a close look I decided to have CSR perform some minor repairs to the hull and paint the bottom. I'm also having them repair some fiberglass damage at the transom motor opening and devise a closure method for the hatch.