I entitle this blog, "How to break your sailing kayak."

Things that should have told me not to go sailing today:

North wind where I had to sail North.

The fact that the farthest the sail boat moved up wind was when I was walking on the lake bed dragging the thing behind me.  (I did that for about an hour.)

And here are the things that broke today.

The rudder.  Not a very serious thing.  I can fix that in a couple of days with left over ply wood and epoxy.

The big break was the hull, by the wing.

I was moving along against the wind with the mainsail up when it really pulled to the side and the pontoon did it's job by keeping the boat upright.

I think I'll get the sails cut so there won't be so much force on the boat.

So I'm packing it away for the season and I have already designed a fix for this problem and reinforcements for it as well.

So that's it for the blog till next season.

Have a good winter everybody.

So I had to make some minor changes this week so I could get her back out on the water on Sunday.

Here is what happened.

I put a bolt in the mast so it won't spin any more between the mast and the mast step.

I also changed some of the pulleys around.  I now have a double pulley for the jib instead of two separate ones.

I got the double pulley from the boom.  It is now a single pulley and works a lot smoother.  The double pulley would get caught and not go out or in that well.

Here's a view from the deck.  Lookin' pretty good.

Here's a shot with the sun behind her.  The backyard never looked so beautiful.

So if the weather is good I'll launch it tomorrow on the testing waters of Morris Lake and have some fun.

30% chance of rain so I'm optimistic.

More next week.

I know it's been awhile since my last blog, but I haven't really done much.  I've been kinda busy.

So here is what I have done.

Pontoons painted.

Pontoons totally painted.

I added some spreaders and more shrouds to the mast.  This will give it more stability.  It was pretty bendy without them.

With a cool flag on top.

Also this is what happened.

Things learned.

Rounds pegs in round holes spin.

I'm going to have to put a pin through the steel pipe of the mast step and the mast so it doesn't spin.

When the spreaders of the mast are perpendicular to the hull they work great.  When the mast spins they might as well not be up there.

Also I think I need a new lee board design.  They like to pull away from the hull when it gets up to speed.  That's not good.

One thing that is weird is when she's going fast she likes to hum.  I don't think that is a good thing.

I also learned to tack.

I think it will be ready by the time it's too cold to sail any more.

Always next summer I guess.