After slightly longer than intended Rosie is back at her usual summer home port. Engine is running well and I even managed a few minutes of single-handed sailing on the genoa before getting into Horsey.

Anyway, once underway I met a number of well turned out classic broads sailing boats, they really do well in these light airs compared to a big old Westerly.

The “jobs” list doesn’t seem to get much shorter, but has been OK so far. I never found the time to do the electrical work I’d planned nor fit the vetus waterlock. Both of which will be rainy-day jobs at some stage. What I would like to get done before winter is install 60W of solar and run some kind of remote sensing, perhaps a Pi+GSM mobile to text me if it detects water in bad places.

My provisional plan for winter 2022 was to keep Rosie at Hickling as she used to be, for one thing it costs less than getting lifted out and it’s a little nearer home (only by 5 mins) but I think I really would like to replace or re-seat the cockpit drain thru-hulls (only did the valves).