Well after dawn but still quite early Rod King arrived in his work truck with an air compressor. He demonstrated how easy tasks such as attaching my new mast plug look when done by a skillful person with the right tools. He went on to consider why it was so difficult to attach the mast to the deck and saw that it was slightly out of whack. So of course he took it to pieces and put it back so that it sat properly for the very first time. Many, many thanks Rod.
With the mast fixed it seemed only proper to rig Little Dragon and head off for an afternoon sail. Noela and her friend Peter arrived but the wind didn't. We sat on the clubhouse deck and waited and waited. Eventually a gentle breeze ghosted up the river and off we went. It was only forecast to get to 8 knots but it did better than that. We reckon it reached 14 knots and we got as far as the Goodwood mark and back.
Altogether an excellent day.
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