No sailing for Little Dragon at the Annual Regatta

15 February 2015

Eve and I headed down to Harwood looking forward to the Annual Regatta. Although we weren't racing we intended to be spectators and accompany the fleet to Iluka and back. Unfortunately when we tried to raise the mast it just wouldn't go up straight. Odd as it is something that I have done without difficulty every other time. Not sure exactly what happened. The lug on the mast plug fractured so we couldn't attach the mast to the mast step on the deck. We could have launched and motored but that didn't appeal to either of us.

Fractured mast plug

Such a shame as it was perfect weather and a SE breeze of around 10 knots possibly up to 12 knots at times. Instead I busied myself with shore duties. The smooth running of these regattas relies totally on the hard work of BRSC's small membership.

Thanks to Rod for drilling out the old mast plug so that I could order a new identical one.