Mid 80's F and 5 to 10 knots out off the southwest.
The sail track entry on the mast was located for the old sail slug locations, but this was to high above the goose neck for the lower slug of the new sail, so I made a new aluminum track slide retainer for the new sail slugs with an entry just above the goose neck. Now when I drop sails the slugs fall into the retainer track, and are stopped with a track stop slug, making it a lot easier to stack the sail on the boom and to hoist the sail.
Finished fine tuning the track entry with a file and went for an early afternoon sail. The new mainsail reaches well and makes good progress within 30 deg of the wind, but the old headsail produces weather helm on any wind between a-beam and bow, the former mainsail was porous enough to underpower the boat and produced less weather helm. Until I replace the headsail, sailing bow to wind will be with mainsail only.
Came about and raced with the wind off the aft starboard quarter against an ebb tide wing on wing with the jib headsail balanced starboard and mainsail on port.
A dock neighbor also with an older boat from the 70's, was crew on a larger race boat a few weeks ago and lost 2 finger in a winch. The accident left him with the thumb and first two fingers of the right hand, so today was his first sail to see how to adapt his sailing.
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