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Maiden voyage [for me] in the Swift...
Took the Swift out for it's first run in building SW winds out of Jones Ferry in Holyoke. Wind built steadily to about 20mph. Swift did great at first, but takes some getting used to...it's little and wet and no cockpit. But really fun once she gets up on a rail...feet and rail are buried in the water.
First hour of sailing was great but then I dumped it a couple of times on downwind tacks...the sail gets way out over the bow and over she goes. Solution is to head up into the wind, but the boat wants to go the wrong way...
The hull started filling with water after that, and the folding tiller snapped in half, so I limped home downwind, and made it to the dock with the deck awash. Emptied five or six gallons out of the drain hole...
First hour of sailing was great but then I dumped it a couple of times on downwind tacks...the sail gets way out over the bow and over she goes. Solution is to head up into the wind, but the boat wants to go the wrong way...
The hull started filling with water after that, and the folding tiller snapped in half, so I limped home downwind, and made it to the dock with the deck awash. Emptied five or six gallons out of the drain hole...
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