On Staurday, we took out my regular sailing buddies, Eric and Patrick, and also my housemate Meghan. Went up to Richardson Bay and picked up a rank seaweed soaked mooring. Wind probably up in the mid 20's. The boat performed very nicely for the most part. Got 7kts+ up wind and 9.5 downwind. Need to fix the outhaul sheaves so I can get good tension. Got out the BBQ for lunch.
A couple of us used the head at lunch time. We thought the stink was just Eric but it turns out the the holding tank vent doesn't have a check valve. We sunk the rail a couple of times on the way up to Richardson Bay and the tank must have filled with Bay water.
Tried to put in a reef after lunch and found that its difficult to get good tension on the luff, despite Eric's hard work. Less friction in the sheaves might help.
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We made our first poop-pump out in the evening after we got back.
We were finding the that the pressure water pump was running for a few seconds every 10 minutes or so. That and water in the bilge pointed to a leak which Wendy tracked down on Sunday morning. Looks like the yard disconnected one of the hoses to the pressure water pump and didn't put it back together too well. Cut off the end of the house, new clamps and it was as good as new.
We also found a pinhole leak in the deck where a screw securing a cabinet partition had been drilled too deep. Wendy plugged it up with Life Seal on Sunday. Probably need to be epoxied eventually.
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