Wow, six months since the last post!...
Well, it's taken those 6 months... to find and fit a boom, to make the fittings for running and standing rigging and get the Mainsail made for Gabrielle. Of course, not always on the job, as other things have taken their priority, like: visiting Australia, racing to -- and delivering back from -- the Philippines, Thailand regattas, trips to Xiamen and Shenzhen in China and organising Japan hiking... In short, it's not like we've been on the job every day....
So, anyhow, here we are with the second launching of Gabrielle, from the RHKYC, with a very nice classically-coloured Mainsail made by North's Sails (thanks to Stevo), and then our first little outing under sail by Noel and me which we did from the Club yesterday.
We hope to tow her over to her Discovery Bay mooring next week (or so...), for her new owner David to take delivery.
Well, it's taken those 6 months... to find and fit a boom, to make the fittings for running and standing rigging and get the Mainsail made for Gabrielle. Of course, not always on the job, as other things have taken their priority, like: visiting Australia, racing to -- and delivering back from -- the Philippines, Thailand regattas, trips to Xiamen and Shenzhen in China and organising Japan hiking... In short, it's not like we've been on the job every day....
So, anyhow, here we are with the second launching of Gabrielle, from the RHKYC, with a very nice classically-coloured Mainsail made by North's Sails (thanks to Stevo), and then our first little outing under sail by Noel and me which we did from the Club yesterday.
We hope to tow her over to her Discovery Bay mooring next week (or so...), for her new owner David to take delivery.
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| Looking pretty on the pontoon of RHKYC, 9 July. Those cleats on foredeck are for the towing bridle. |
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| The North Sails Mainsail. Nice colour and shape, Stevo! The jib will have to be added later by new owners. |
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| Peter ("Forse") at the tiller: handmade laminated Ramin (bai mu). She handled well. Note fixed point main-sheet (instead of Traveller attached to the transom). That's because of the set-up on the boom. |
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| Noel checking out the bilges after our little sail. He also took the chance to mark out the waterline, with Duck Tape, for the anti-fouling that will be painted on, as she'll live in the water on a mooring. |
A very pretty little boat and I like the colour of the sail.
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Looks beautiful, good job! Love to go for a sail when I’m next in HK
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Hi Forse,
ReplyDeleteThe boat looks great with the main up. Well done for getting the project done....
Regds, Rick ("Strompfie")
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