Things starting to come together now, went out last Sunday in almost no breeze, managed to to 6 knots upwind in 4 knots breeze using the code 0 and the newly reshaped (now lovely) mainsail.
Also got the A3 set up with the new KZ furling cable, looks great and works beautifully, need to cross the wind farm on the way back from the Brothers, in a 25+ northerly, to test this properly though.
The wind built and we saw low-20s knots just as we came back in. Before that we hit 18 knots of boat speed with Vesna driving (low 20s breeze at the time). 18 knots would have been white-knuckle territory on our previous ride, but Blink was just cruising along comfortably at this speed, no stress. So there's lots more to come. When we have reefs available and big-wind sails ready to go we'll head out and push it a bit harder....
Great ride yesterday. Wellington harbour feels very very small now with Blink. She is very well behaved and a joy to be on. Looking forward to going out for another fang when the reefing system is sorted. Good to have found that hyrdaulic leak as well being a simple loose nut.
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