So today’s conditions for the last race of the season looked to be a perfect 20 knot westerly on dead flat water with a windward leeward course straight up the river.
Putting the foils in I noticed that my rudder flap was right down, no worries, a few twists and … it was exactly in the same place. The push-rod, which is an original plastic one had broken. Game over. At least I wasn’t wet yet …
So that marks the end of the 08-09 season at St. George, and onto the winter hiatus for a few months.
As always there is a list of boat work to be done, and re-painting the hull will be back on the agenda again. The paint on the hull has turned out to be way too soft, and combined with a thrown together at the last minute cradle has resulted in the boat looking like a complete heap again. At least this time around, I know the paint will be easy to remove … 