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  • Racing Log: 31st of Jan

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    Weather: SSW 5~15 knots of breeze, building during the afternoon.  Course: 2 larger triangles, 4 smaller triangles, Port course Start: Start was in front of the club, with a pin end bias. The end of the line near the retaining pond making it a bad tactical move. Slowed boat down the line with 20 seconds…

  • Undercoat nearly done

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    The first two coats of the undercoat have been done. A few spots that haven’t been faired properly popped up, so it looks as though another coat is in order.  The spot on the side is where the hole has been filled in. The sides aren’t as smooth as I thought. The stern of the…

  • Impulse 378, After the fairing

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    I have now patched everything to the extent that I am happy with, the back of the boat isn’t exactly perfect but I would end up with a boat that is all filler to get everything 100%. I suspect that somewhere along the way the boat has had a solid bang in the back and…

  • Stripped Boat

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    Well after several ear splitting days the boat has been completely sanded back to either wood or fibreglass. When the fibreglass was laid on the bottom of the boat the original paint had not been completely removed, so a deep burgundy color and white shows through in places. For the record the bottom of the boat had…

  • Starting on “Prince Toad”

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    A couple of weeks ago I brought Dad’s boat home to do some work on it. Well there is a fair bit of work to do, but hopefully I will get most of it done over the holidays.  Here are photos of the boat in it’s ‘initial’ state. The hole in the side had been…

  • Tuesday Night Racing Starts Again

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    The Albert Sailing Club has started its Tuesday night racing series again. Daylight savings time has kicked in and that allows us to run a short race starting at 6:00pm. We had nearly 30 boats on the water which is great for the first night. I had my camera out last night and captured a…

  • Bringing up the rear…

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    Last weekend the Albert Sailing Club held its Annual General Meeting. On the whole it is a pretty sedate afair. While we didn’t have any of the committee positions contested we do have a committee full of dedicated people. I have been on the committee for a number of years, mainly working behind the scenes.…

  • Friday Photo

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    This photo was taken at Albert Park Lake from an observation tower near the edge of the shore. The lake has concrete walls and the sailors know that they can sail right up to the edge, allowing you to take shots that look as though they are from directly above.