Bits and pieces

From this website... 

Turns out this blog is good for more than just keeping track of Xena (O Xena where art thou....).  Eg: have got in touch with a boat I sailed on in '83, and its crew and skipper.  Eg, Klaus notes the post re the Autohelm issues, and sends along some comments that may be of use to us.  Eg, some people now in touch re the Boracay regatta, which we're committing to doing: Feb next year.
This post is just for some bits and pieces:
Grant:

This is her last year.  Babs's photo

Today: ... Ichi Ban up on the beach at Kata again in last nights southerly blow. (!!) PF: Babs' photos of Ichi Bann on the beach last year here. [also link from Rick here]


Grant Yesterday:  ... Raining hard here at present and blowing from the South so Kata and Nai Harn will be lumpy tonight. "Xena" all safe and sound in Ao Chalong. 
[earlier]... wind has dropped at present,quite light here today. See you both Sat afternoon. Should have sails measured by then, so need the predict wind gear and halyards from you,hopeful have installed and operating before practice race Sunday.

[PS: I hadn't meant this to be about Ichi-Ban, just that the news came in as I was writing it.  There's no schadenfreude, I assure you!....That would rather be the pot calling the kettle a utensil of colour...]


And we have Jamie McWillian giving lectures on "Secrets of Lamma" and "Secrets of the Harbour", in YouTube.  Focussed on smaller boats, but also a lot of interest to a big boat, esp re tides, wind shifts, sea states around Lamma of Hong Kong and the HK Harbour.


I have two new halyards with me: Main and Spin.  I also have new Tracker from PreditWind folk.  Have the NOR and the Course notes, laminated.  
Xena heading round to Kata in the morning; then the sails scrutineering being done by Grant and boyz, with some help from TC, thanks to all.  Halyards will have to be moused in tomorrow arvo....
We're off in the morning, arrive Phuket around mid-day.