Home waters

Cupcake had her mast stepped yesterday. After bending on the sails, I brought her home. I was pleased to see her make 6.5 knots through the water in about 15 knots of breeze. That's with just the genoa flying and the dinghy dragging behind. 

In other news, the dinghy engine hoist I installed (easy-peasy) works great. I was able to get the motor from dinghy to mother ship by myself and then from mother ship back to dinghy by myself (although in a bouncy mooring field it was a challenge I would prefer to have some help with in the future).

For those of you keeping score, the hoist is a Nova Lift II by Forespar. 

One mystery I encountered is that the masthead light shows red, green, and white instead of just white. Don't really understand how three wires, properly connected, can give such a different result from last year. But I'll get to the bottom of it all. It is supposed to show white at anchor and colors underway but I didn't flip the underway switch. Curious.

The boat doesn't leak any saltwater. And after yesterday evening's heavy thunderstorm and rain, I was pleased today to see there were no wet cushions or wet portholes, so the rebedded portlight seems to be doing well. There was some rainwater in the bilge. No big deal.