Laser Maths

30 years ago I was 20.
I had a red Laser, sail number 43373.
The guys with new Lasers had numbers starting with 80000.

Now I’m 50.
I have a yellow Laser, sail number 54884.
The guys with new Lasers have numbers starting with 190000.

Therefore in twenty-five years time I’ll be 75.
I’ll have a Laser with the sail number 64476 or 64477.
Em’s new Laser will have a number starting with 281000.


The more things change, the more they stay the same.

This bit of maths is inspired by Tillermans’s post ‘Sailing in the second space age’.

Arma ceiling

Birgit asked for planks of different widths for the cabin ceiling on the Arma. We decided to do the tongue and grooving ourselves. Here is a fir plank going through the table router for its tongue.

Put away your drysuits

photo: Gerard Drenth

Possibly the last outing for the Trident drysuit this winter. That's if spring continues to spring.

16m2 in action

photo: Hillien van Heuveln


Me and the missus hard at work in the 16m2 during the Oranje Regatta last Sunday.

Silver medal shirt

Em came in a fine fourth at this weekend's Oranje Regatta at the DTP. So did we in the 16m2. Em won a bag of peppermints, we came away empty handed but we had a great day with sun, wind and good racing.
Em also bid for the shirt she is wearing, at the auction. This shirt was worn by Annemieke Bes as she sailed an Yngling to Silver at the Olympics in China.

Diabolos

Em and Mats doing tricks with their diabolos in the middle of our road.

That's where the wood went

A couple of days later the wheelbarrow is empty and all that wood, and quite a bit more, is up in the rear cabin of the Arma. Almost ready for the insulation Geert!