Well it's the last week of October and the weather is totally wet. It was to wet Saturday to work on the truck and it's way wetter now. I fact it was pleasantly wet Saturday, a tinkling light rain falling vertically. Today it's blowing a gale and an all pervasive wetness persists.
So, no work on Tiki is possible. She sits still lashed to the Hobie trailer, slightly down by the stern.
I've been reading today the a Storm Jib by Roly Taller with an area of 28 sq feet is a useful bit of rigespecially when the wind pipe up to 25 knots. The author of the "Little Cat" blog has found that sailing upwind a small headsail is best and downwind a reefed main is good too. I look forward to testing this out.
Today, I will continue reading back issues of "Seapeople" magazine, trying to glean snippets of information about refitting, sailing or living aboard a baby Tiki.
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