Truus' night out
Originally uploaded by Sadlr
We launched Truus on Saturday afternoon, then walked the dog and drank a cup of coffee while she hung in the crane. The wise men at the dock thought anywhere between an hour an a night before she closed up. With brilliant sunshine and a 9 to 10 knots whe decided we'd put our trust in the 1970's Elvestrom self-bailers.
It took a while to work out which corner of the mainsail went where - now we have three boats with four cornered sails - but we were soon out of the crane and off up the lake.
We had a delightful sail, even drinking tea nd eating sandwiches while running goosewinged back down to the clubhouse. Claudia got the trapeze harness on and was soon flying through the air with the greatest of ease.
We were able to leave Truus in an empty spot in the harbour so that she could continue to close up overnight. I thought I'd been clever in choosing a spot I could check up on the webcam, but it turned out she was hidden behind a chimney.
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