it was not my kind of weekend: very very light winds and my own favourite crew decided that partying with some (other) teenagers would be more fun than ripping around on the fabulous fredrick henry bay … the betrayal. i was lucky and rohan, who usually helms another c2 just like ours, was kind enough…
stuff breaks. high loads, massive kinetic shocks, uv light and salt water will, given time, destroy nearly everything. and sometimes there is a know-on effect, so when one thing breaks it then transfers too much load onto other parts, which then fail as well. the spinaker pole appears to be a case in point: when…
nat and i need every opportunity to improve, not only individually but also as a team and also handling the boat. the wind forecast for the two days was not necessarily great and we were a bit apprehensive; as a result we set the rig for strong winds, which particularly on the second day would…