Lots of stress prior to the photo. She floated off the trailer like a champ with the outboard swung around for "reverse" with no problem. Then nada... no forward motion. More throttle... closer rocks... some spousal yelling... no forward motion. No shear pin. Not clear what happened, but clearly
The plan was to zip her over to a temporary slip while we hauled our SS23. Instead my husband held on while I threw on the boom, bent on some sails (it was FLAT calm) and started sculling towards the slip. As I made it past the breakwater, the wind magically appeared at 10-12 knots and I happily sailed while my husband dealt with the trailer and tried to find a shear pin.
She is tiny but incredibly responsive and a terrific sail! I guess I will have to let my husband on board once in a while, but she is a perfect single-hand sailor.
The lake level is very low and the combination with good old Georgia red clay made a dreadful mess of the deck and cockpit with all of the jumping in and out at the ramp. A new sail cover is on the drawing board!
Our short rigging problem was fixed with 1" wide stainless tangs made from pieces of 3" stainless my dad just happened to have from some project. They're the same 300 stainless as the Schaefer tangs, but they only came in 1" x 4" which was much too long. My husband drilled them up and rounded the corners off. I was able to get in touch with the previous owner and the rigging had been replaced with shorter shrouds to accomodate the sunken cabintop.
After a coat of primer and some paint on the trailer (we've already done the new bearings, lights and tires), we'll be heading north to Marblehead where we'll enjoy some wonderful fall sailing before we head back to Georgia and her slightly bigger sister Ariel.
Wednesday weather is looking good for her official shake-down cruise.
Thanks to all who provided moral support and great guidance with Miranda. This site is an invaluable source of information!
Bly
