Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Port Dalhousie
I didn’t get down to the boat until late today. This morning I ordered an emergency ladder. It will trail a little line and can be deployed in case of man overboard. The boat currently has a solid ladder that fits at the side gates but that is normally stowed deep in the lazarette and since I’ve been sailing with new crew and short handed, getting the solid ladder out and installed fast enough to save a life will be problematic. The new ladder folds up very small and deploys with a tug on the line and instantly. I still must figure out where to mount it but I’m certain that it will make the boat safer.
I am also considering a whisker pole. I don’t have a spinnaker or asymmetrical downwind sail, but I’m going to have to lift the dinghy on deck. The mainsheet is pretty solid and I think that it would be a problem to use it to lift the dinghy (or a heavy, wet sailor) up on deck. This is going to take some thought because whisker poles are expensive and once I buy one I’ll want a downwind sail to use with it. All of a sudden, I’m spending $6000 between whisker pole and sail and I’m going to give that a lot of thought before I open my thinning wallet. And none of this is on the list of things to do that I logged yesterday.
Picture for effect and because the boat photoshoots are turning out wonderfully. Katie is a personal trainer and a marketing guru and we shot a few days ago. I’m over the moon with the way that thee sunset changes the skin tones into rich deep colours.
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