Sovereign Sailor on Nostr: Putting the sails away today. We’re about to head into a boat yard for two to three ...
Putting the sails away today. We’re about to head into a boat yard for two to three months refit work.
For the first time since purchasing Spirit XL over a year ago we’ll be hauling her out of the water.
We’ve got a fair bit of work to carry out to get her back to new. This work will be untaken over the next two to three years at two to three month periods each year.
At the moment our main goal is to prep the boat to go ashore. To do that we have to remove everything as we’ll be making a huge mess and the dust will get into every nook and cranny.
But first we remove the sails and all the lines that control them. Halyards, sheets, out hauls, topping lifts and lazy jacks will all be removed prior to the rig being taken off the boat.
Today started by removing the mainsail and the staysail and by doing what’s called “flanking” and “bricking” the sails. This is in preparation for them to be stowed while the works carried out onboard.
This isn’t something you decide to do this is something the weather allows you to do. As it’s my wife and I onboard we like to make things safe and as easy as can be so that means no more than 5kts of wind.
You also want no rain as the entire point is to put the sails away dry so they don’t get mouldy.
This is our mainsail being flaked. It’s 65sqm in size and is as the name suggests it’s our main sail and provides a lot of power.
Timelapse always makes it look so easy 😁
For the first time since purchasing Spirit XL over a year ago we’ll be hauling her out of the water.
We’ve got a fair bit of work to carry out to get her back to new. This work will be untaken over the next two to three years at two to three month periods each year.
At the moment our main goal is to prep the boat to go ashore. To do that we have to remove everything as we’ll be making a huge mess and the dust will get into every nook and cranny.
But first we remove the sails and all the lines that control them. Halyards, sheets, out hauls, topping lifts and lazy jacks will all be removed prior to the rig being taken off the boat.
Today started by removing the mainsail and the staysail and by doing what’s called “flanking” and “bricking” the sails. This is in preparation for them to be stowed while the works carried out onboard.
This isn’t something you decide to do this is something the weather allows you to do. As it’s my wife and I onboard we like to make things safe and as easy as can be so that means no more than 5kts of wind.
You also want no rain as the entire point is to put the sails away dry so they don’t get mouldy.
This is our mainsail being flaked. It’s 65sqm in size and is as the name suggests it’s our main sail and provides a lot of power.
Timelapse always makes it look so easy 😁