Ahhhh, I don't have a canoe! After picking up 2nd place in a very light and shifty Nationals over the October Long Weekend AUS26 'Trouser Friendly Kiss' has moved to Albury and is in the hands of the current IC junior world champion.
So yesterday I borrowed my brothers nethercott (AUS13 'Hurt') in conditions that made the nationals look windy - I missed the start by about 6 minutes (thankyou Hobie 16 sailors!) but managed to claw back some boats by the end of the shortened 1 lap course. AUS13 has a couple of things that need updating, it has all the gear - carbon stick, good sails...., but because it hasn't been raced in a couple of seasons since some changes have been made it needs to be sorted out. Sailing a high performance dinghy that isn't set up right is just painful and unrewarding.
Anyway, the good news is the male mould frames should arrive this week so we can start putting that together and then get on with building the boat. I'd still like to have it built by Christmas, but the critical deadline is the 2009 ICAA Nationals which will be at my home club of ASC in Adelaide.
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