Mixed Bag ...

A bit of an update …. some good and some bad news...

Good news:

 -  mainsail arrived back - recut for new mast shape - from Norths in Auckland today.  Should  be much better now.  And the reef points should be there too.  

 - in the bag with the main was the furling cable from KZ for the A3, looks like a very nice bit of gear.  This will be useable very soon, maybe Sunday. 

 -  I made inhaulers today, so now we can sheet the jib inboard for upwind.  

 -  deck fitting for inner forestay went on today

 - Gordie got the mast seal on today, so we won't have a lake in the cabin sole every time it rains now.

Bad news: 

 - we don't have an inner forestay yet 

 - forecast for planned first race tomorrow 30+ gusting 40, we're not up to this yet, and it's likely to be cancelled anyway.  And in Wellington at this time of year, these forecasts aren't wrong very often.  

 - battery management system did something odd again this afternoon.  Not a major but clearly not working like it's supposed to.  

 - we found nearly 3 litres of hydraulic fund under the starboard ram, so something is leaking (so that's where it's all gone!).  I'll be down there tomorrow trying to find out why, probably just a loose fitting