Sea trials

Saturday was summer this year! It was also our day for hanking on sails and testing the engine and propeller and it was a bright and warm one, bright sunshine and a lovely 15knot sea breeze. These days come less frequently than we hope and so it had to be used to its full advantage.   

Rigged n ready

We motored rather gingerly out of the river whilst we got the feel of the boat and the new propeller. Out into the Solent and then hoisted the sails for the first time including the staysail and wow, Seascape was off like a rocket with indicated log readings ranging from 7 to 8 knots and a supreme feeling of stability and lack of concern as the wind topped 19 knots even though we were fully canvassed.  A delight to be out on the water after months of hard work, almost everything worked perfectly except the fridge which is a disappointing beer cooler and needs a regas and the radar which is just a disappointment as it decides when it wants to work. All in all a lovely start  Well done Seascape, well done crew!   Thanks also to Peter and Ros for their splendid canvas work which is shown off in the photo above, Bimini, wheel cover and stackpack are beautiful, a rhapsody in blue!