rat face- I think it adds upto about £8000 but I haven't added everything up yet. All the small trips to B & Q for extra sand paper, wet and dry, paint brushes, rollers or the local chandlery for an extra shackle etc all add up.
Stu shameless plug but the sails do look good. We haven't spent any time tuning them up or even setting them properly while on the water. We might rake the rig back a bit more because the helm is quite neutral. lots of time required in learning how to sail the boat comfortably and improve routines for manoeuvers. We are not sure that the main sail skirt was exactly what we intended perhaps a bit more discussion on the issue would have helped. We will think about it for the future.
Things that appear right with the boat:
The racks are a nice height relative to the gunnel so we an comfortably trapeeze off both.
The helm is quite neutral.
the foils stall less than slipery in a tack.
Sarah and i can get between the racks and the hull. Good for capsize recovery and launching.
The jib fine tune control works a treat.
The T foil definitiely works
the boom is a nice height (0.9m off the floor on the centreline at the mast) to duck under through the tacks.
the kite does not snag on the shute and we have no halyard rubs so far.
Sock is just the right length for the kite (good guess by me) with all the corners close to the mouth. (well done Stu)
Sarah can get under the lowers and easily step through to fordecksvile.
minor issues:
Some of the allen blocks swivel on their lashings when not under load. a few solutions identified! they are still good blocks in our mind.
the sock is a bit narrow for the first half making the hoist and drop a bit hard work. Solution make bigger sock and coat sock and sail and send Sarah to the gym.
Our home made foil bags use the wrong kind of fleece lining. They stick to wet things.
main sheet is quite long.
Trapeeze lines shortened after Saturday as they were a bit too long.
How are we going to sail when it is windy?
