Of course, my main motivation for doing it is that I can't wait to be surfing again.
Anyway, the good news is that a lot of what is required for Coastal Cup was also required for the Pac Cup so the work we have to do is mainly around logistics and getting the boat actually ready. Not a small feat in itself!
We took care of
- buying some charts
- insurance
- booking space in Long Beach
- buying a plane ticket back home
- Book vacation time
- mail order charts
- order adjustable car system
- NKE: where do you recommend to put the wind instruments
- buy J24 spinnaker as shy kite (see Peter's comment. your thoughts? perhaps ask your Dad?)
- reclaim spinnaker pole from Kames
- bring loos gauge next to the boat
- organize boat pickup
- organize a place to keep the boat until pickup date
- provisioning list + planning
- mail in waiver and registration form
- booked satellite phone
- got liferaft (this time in a hard case)
And Kit is helping us with the heavy-lifting jobs
- Install the emergency rudder
- Install stereo and loud speakers
- Make a couple of changes to we can strap down gas cans
- fix sensor of autopilot
- overhaul winches
- fix fairlead to winch angle
We still have to
- go food shopping, write down menus and stuff ziplog bags
- Replace spin halyard with new one already delivered to the boat (thanks Argo Yacht Rigging)
- Install external halyard
- borrow medical kit
- pick up the patch (well, I do)
- tally up all gear to make sure everything is still there
- carry all the offshore gear to the boat
- figure where to stow everything
- try the new spin halyard
- try cross sheeting (we have turning blocks not permanently fixed as we don't know yet what works best but we will be able to do that, attaching them to the toe rail)
- try emergency rudder
It looks like, thanks to Steve from the e27 fleet, we will be able to borrow a shy kite - so we will try this too. Exciting!!
and I am sure that I am forgetting a few things. Anyway, should be fun!
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