This is a bit of an experiment. I want to put up video on our blog site. It is proving to be a long road to learn how to work with the movie edit programs and getting large files posted. In this short clip, we were sailing the 1,100 miles from Malaysia to Sri Lanka, off the S.E. coast of India. It was mostly off the wind sailing. Because of that, the main sail was getting chafed by resting on the intermediate stay. I just resolved the problem by installing PVC tubing on the stay. That required taking the terminal, at the turnbuckle end apart, shortening the stay to remove the bent wires inside the terminal so it could be completely disassembled, slipping on the PVC tube then putting it all back together. With luck, there was still enough threads to join the turnbuckle and the two threaded end fittings. Some of the process will be the next video….so far those video attempts have not worked out as the wind noise over the Go Pro has been far too distracting. Maybe, some upcoming early morning, during a calm, I will have more success.
