Still frozen up here
Originally uploaded by Sadlr
Ice. There is no doubt in my mind that the worst sailing invention ever is ice. I’m sure it has uses - bruises and gin and tonic come to mind - but for sailors it’s even worse than the first Sailhorse that catches you just before the run and then hoists a cloud of spinnaker, stopping you in your tracks. [The Sailhorse was my other candidate.]
Holland froze over just before the Christmas holidays started and up in the North we’re still stuck. Side effects are that our clients can’t get to us through the ice and that we can’t get back to our harbour. I’d be laminating a new boom for the 16m2 but it’s freezing in the workshop too so gluing is out.
I’ve been watching the 18 footers in Sydney harbour - no ice there, reading Andrew Campbell’s blog about Star boats in Rio and even trying Manfred’s angle on things. But wrapping myself up like a mountain climber on a motorcycle and building a craft that gets three days out every fifth year doesn’t seem like an alternative.
Nothing for it but to wait. It’ll go, spring will arrive and suddenly there’ll be a long list of things to do and not enough time to get them done. Training in March, first races at Easter and all memories of ice gone.
But it’ll be back ...
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