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Splash day

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This past weekend, we finally had a chance to launch Aleria . The weather was calm and sunny on Saturday but we lost several hours when the keel kept getting caught on the straps and we couldn't leave the launch well. Finally, Alex and I lifted the straps and untied the ropes the yard had used to tie the two straps together. It was hard work but we were finally free.  Our first task was to liberate halyards that were stuck at the sheaves at the tops of each mast. We each had to climb a mast. He got the main this time and used the Topclimber. I got the mizzen and was winched up in the bosun's chair. Missions successful.  We shlepped lots of boxes of stuff from the car to the boat and laid out lots of ropes in preparation for raising the sails. The wind, contrary to forecast, was stronger than expected and out of the east. We were facing west at the dock. We tried to turn the boat around so we could hoist the sails into the wind, but the engine kept shutting down. The fuel filter

Weather Haiku

Today the wind howls Creating uneasiness  Yesterday flat calm (c) Daria Blackwell

No wind

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I took a look at WindGuru yesterday to see if we needed to worry about Aleria being anchored near Inishturkbeg. I was astonished by what I saw. No wind for the foreseeable future. How is that even possible in the west of Ireland?  I'm glad we sailed here when we did, even if we did get beat up a couple of days.