Continuing our sea trials this week. We have a very clever new headcar locking system that Shayne machined up. This system is similar to what is used on the large performance multis made by Rigging Projects. It allows us to release the head of our square top mainsail and flake it away neatly in it’s bag without having to remove or touch anything. We just need to lower the webbing attachment point on the mainsail for it to sit in the correct position. Once the head is resewn at the correct placement and the clew has been moved to sort out the boom placement, we are ready to do some sea trials.
The main focus is to test the new carbon front beam and longeron set up. As the sea state is quite lumpy and conditions are perfect to put some load through these areas and see how the boat handles it. We are also plagued with the joys of diesel bug which is easily fixable but not ideal when we are trying to test out new components on the boat.