Early June 2022
Time to test the new drifter!
The lifelines and stantions were not installed yet so we had to be careful not to fall off. It was a little windy, 10 knots. 15 knots of wind would be the max we'd want for this big light sail.
We motored out to the Delaware River shipping channel area and no one was around so we turned off the engine to set the jib.
We led the sheet through 2 blocks and to the smaller winch since the line is narrow. We don't do that any other time and i see here it rubs on the teak corner. Not good, but this is a test and we can experiment with
other block angles later.
The furling line is on the cleat.
pulled out just a little bit
and a little more, but not all the way
Good performance for a first sail and we fit most the furling line around the barrel fine, as far as I can remember. It's is a lot more line to wind (furl) than our usual jib. We would have to do a full test furl another time since the wind was picking up. This was the first sail of the year, so we were not so quick with everything, but it was fun.
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