Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Towra Point Sail

 
Boat launches so easily now with new rollers. Just back down ramp so tyres are just in the water and it glides easily off the trailer. Red rollers are the way to go. Below is a short movie of my day at Towra Point. I launched in Dover Park in Blakehurst near Kogarah Bay Sailing Club. The ramp is fine for me as long as the tide is above 0.5 m.
Because the wind was so light I made use of the tide to get to Towra and then used the incoming tide to return. It meant I was doing about 3 knots with almost no wind.
The movie was made and edited on my phone.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Rollers

Yellow rollers turned out to be softer than black roller and flattened in less than a week. You would think the people who sold me the rollers would have known this especially as they manufacture trailers. Bold trailers in Caringbah need to watch their customer service. They were most unhelpful after the initial sale. Anyway replaced the rollers with red rollers and new spindles purchased from Bias.