The forecast for today is not too good, though calm, rain coming in after lunch.
Steve thought we could take the opportunity to check the sails again before the rain swept in. We now have the reefs in on both main sails and need to test them out.
We slipped the dock about 09:00 and motored out into Penobscot Bay, the sails were soon up and we were trundling along nicely.
Reefs in and out.....ropes up and down, Terje and i were surrounded by a mass of twisted lines. The jammers were on and off, winches whirring and whining, we were exhausted. The reef lines worked well, we had a few adjustments to make, but on the whole we had a pleasing morning......certainly getting to know Novara now and her idiosyncrasies.
We decide to head back to harbour, get the boat settled down and have a late lunch, homemade beef burgers.............made by my own fair hands !!!!!
Oh no say Steve and Terje.
On the way back in we played about with the "variable pitch" propeller, quite an art in itself, having never used one before it appears to be "black magic" !!!!
After some head scratching we reckon we've cracked it, in harbour we need the pitch to be around 32 for low revs and when motoring any distance, a pitch of 37 at approximately 1600 revs, It does'nt sound much, but makes a huge difference to fuel economy, an important issue for us.
Yesterday was a lovely day and one of neighbour's went out to do some sea trials.
Belle Aventure is a Fife, 94 feet long, built in 1929 of Oak and Teak, she is just stunning.
A few photos of her just before leaving harbour :
A few last minute finishing touches to the shrouds:
and away she goes
Steve thought we could take the opportunity to check the sails again before the rain swept in. We now have the reefs in on both main sails and need to test them out.
We slipped the dock about 09:00 and motored out into Penobscot Bay, the sails were soon up and we were trundling along nicely.
Reefs in and out.....ropes up and down, Terje and i were surrounded by a mass of twisted lines. The jammers were on and off, winches whirring and whining, we were exhausted. The reef lines worked well, we had a few adjustments to make, but on the whole we had a pleasing morning......certainly getting to know Novara now and her idiosyncrasies.
We decide to head back to harbour, get the boat settled down and have a late lunch, homemade beef burgers.............made by my own fair hands !!!!!
Oh no say Steve and Terje.
On the way back in we played about with the "variable pitch" propeller, quite an art in itself, having never used one before it appears to be "black magic" !!!!
After some head scratching we reckon we've cracked it, in harbour we need the pitch to be around 32 for low revs and when motoring any distance, a pitch of 37 at approximately 1600 revs, It does'nt sound much, but makes a huge difference to fuel economy, an important issue for us.
Yesterday was a lovely day and one of neighbour's went out to do some sea trials.
Belle Aventure is a Fife, 94 feet long, built in 1929 of Oak and Teak, she is just stunning.
A few photos of her just before leaving harbour :
A few last minute finishing touches to the shrouds:
and away she goes
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