Elise Health Bulletin #2

Dear Beethovens,

Elise is starting to look really really good. Most of the changes are now extremely subtle.

1) Elise has a new clutch on the port side. This cluch has no line going through it but it is red and green and looks beautiful with the blue winch covers. So we thought that we'd put it on anyway.
2) The battery is fully hooked up, and can be recharged through an elegant solar panel
3) The horseshoe has a little hut on the stern pulpit now
4) The interior is now super practical. There is a "push me and I will light up" type light velcro'ed to the bunk of the companion way on the port side. It is then easy for any dripping wet crew to walk to the nav table, open it, switch on the cabin light and then reach out to the individual light switches.
5) We managed to fit an unbelievably narrow piece of red rubber over an unbelievably big round bulb - in fact, we managed to do this twice with no collateral damage. We can now process photographs in the cabin.
6) Elise is now officially registered with the AAA of the seas. This doesn't mean that you should plan a breakdown.
7) The nav table can now stay in an open position without any risk of finger chipping, thanks to an extremely elaborate velcro set up
8) The Cunningham cleat has been declared disabled due to some oblique-looking bent. We will try brute force as a method of recovery. Right now, with limited Cunningham and outhaul, the main doesn't look too happy :(
9) We have tried all the old "mystery" sails and are happy to report that the inventory also comprises
- #4 (that's the tiny one! very cute!)
- #2
- #3
10) North Sails is still trying to fit the mainsail slug into the pre-feeder. They have now decided to bring all their tools to the boat directly so they can do QA in real-time at the mast.
11) The jib tracks are now numbered so we can be a bit more clever about our fairlead positions, seconded in this task by a miracle of technology: a waterproof race notebook!!!

If you must remember only one thing -
The cooler is now FULL with beer and water. We have chocolate chip cookies too and salty grapes on board.

NatGyver M.D. (Mad Doctor)