New main sail
I ordered a new main sail and new genoa from Crusader Sails in the UK. They are great people to deal with and can ship anywhere in the world. So today's task was to replace the main sail. Being as Liza is relatively light I wasn't sure if it would remain stable with me in a bosuns chair to add two blocks for the stack pack. Hence, the daughter of a friend of ours, half my weight volunteered. You can see from her expressions that it didn't take much arm twisting to get her to do it! In reality we found although Liza moves when you move around on her, being light, the centre of gravity is still such that an adult can easily go up the mast in a bosun's chair without any problems. What we also learnt… the leg straps on the Kaya Safety bosuns chair hold you firmly but can dig in a little if you have short shorts. Also learnt that forgetting to pick up a Kaya work positioning lanyard was a mistake. We ended up tieing a rope as a work positioni...