Belly of the Whale

Well, not much special here.

Spent part of a day in a sailmaker’s loft
Been reading a great book on heavy weather sailing—actually very encouraging stuff.
Raised my mainsail and played with my reefing system (inefficient) and pondered better ways. Also the best way with what I’ve got.
My belly has been upset because of my sunfood diet. It ain’t easy, but I like it.
Ooh…I found these delightful things—olives stuffed with jalapenos. Fantastic! My new fad.
I am beginning to embark on my windvane journey. I’m not psyched about it. It will be costly. I have found so many shotcuts, but I don’t know about this time. My fingers are crossed.
My bike is in the shop being repaired from my running it over.
New handlebars and shifters. I’m lucky I didn’t bend the frame around that piling I had tied it too. Very lucky.

MY LIST OF THINGS I HAVE DESTROYED SINCE BUYING MY BOAT

- Central fuse $45.
I accidentally drilled a hole in it while widening the screw slots.

- Flexible coupling. $400.
Ouch, my biggest. I wrote a story about this one. I wrapped a mooring line in my prop. I was lucky here in that I could have destroyed my transmission instead.

- Bike $150
Ran it over with my boat, while it was tied to a piling. Bent the handlebars, the neck, broke the right gear shifter. Basically, I got away lucky.

- Hole in Sail ???
It must have been sheeted in too tight and rubbed on the spreader. I can probably just so on a patch.

- Hole in inflatible dinghy $0 + time
Don't know where this came from. Haven't even used the thing. The dangers of storage. All it needs is a patch, which I have.


Okay, not much of a list. I know I can do better than that.