trial fitting the mainsail

Yesterday we trial fitted the mainsail with my sail maker, it looked very good. We did came to the conclusion that the rake of the mast was to much, we corrected that today. We did also not have a good main halyard  because that was coming today. The line we did have was to thick for the clutch so we had to thy the main with a nut. But it looked already good. We did take some measured for the jib so that this can be made also. Today I worked with Rob on the boat to correct some things and fitting some blocks at the mast base, I did not taken pictures of it. Tomorrow we hoop to get to sail a bit with a jib from Rob.

canting the mast

The boom was placed  yesterday while I was at the sail makers workshop to put the signs and numbers in the sail. We place also the sail batten pockets and sliders. Today the battens did arrive so the sail can be pick up. Fetske and I did go to the boat again to finish the canting system of the mast and some other small things I can't remember, we had luck with the weather the sun was shining. The canting system works ok as you can see in the picture. On the end of the day we did get the boat to its home harbor Medemblik were we finish the rest of the small jobs like mounting foot blocks, cables for the mast lights and VHF.

Getting the mast up

Today all the lines were made in the mast and on the end of the day the mast was put on the boat. We put the mast up with a temporary for-stay because I am still waiting on my furler and frond stay what will come later.

cascade for canting mast

On its way for a stick

Today we did bring the boat to Enkhuizen to put the mast on tomorrow.

Main sail almost ready

Next week the battens will come for the mainsail and we then can put the hardware on the sail like batten cars.

fixing the dagger board

Yesterday we did come to the conclusion that the dagger board did not go down the full length. The water slot in the case must be the problem, I could not test this during the build because my shed was not that wide. Today we lifted the boat out of the water to see were it could stuck. With the power sander we sanded some of the edges were there was not room enough. After that the dagger board  could be pulled down completely, from the bottom to the tip is 1,77 meter. The top of the waterline to the bottom is 48 cm. We  now can calculate later the reel depth.

It floats high

Just some photos