This weekend, The Good, The Bad and the Downright Ugly

The Good

Broke through another speed barrier. 20 knots now ticked off. Next stop, 25kts (then that'll do me...for now!)
Another six or seven hours closer to really knowing how to sail a Moth clocked up this weekend
KA MSL13 - Much less effort required to get foiling in the lighter stuff, will compare some more to the recut North V6 when it comes back from sail hospital
Point to Point sailing. If it doesn't involve a corner I can probably now get the boat from point A to Point B fairly reliably upwind or down... most of the time...

The Bad
Corners. Lowriding, foiling or anywhere in between (!) the corners still get me every time. I have mastered the lowriding tack to head to wind and resultant capsize to windward, and the foiling gybe nosedive and cannon ball into rig (see second to last blog entry) along with a long list of party tricks once I get a bit fatigued.
Getting to the point where this isn't a problem is just time on the water, but I am at the stage where I think a little on the water coaching may pay dividends to tell me where I should be positioning my body, instead of what I am doing now which is clearly wrong!

Body Maintenence

These boats are physically taxing to sail. I need to eat and drink more when spending a long time on the water, need to come up with a good system for Belmont. Anyone have experience with the Energy Gels cyclists use? These may be a lightwight and readily accessible solution. But I think you need to drink heaps of water to go with these.

The Downright Ugly
My FrankenTramp. The stitching one of my tramps let go where it wraps around the wingbar. Managed to stitch it up so I could keep sailing, but its an ugly job. Request for a new set of tramps has been sent off to the sailmakers. I am sure those guys are happy I chose to get a Moth, seems now every week I am sending them some extra work.

Strings. If there is a string to get caught up on my feet will find it at the worst possible time. I think my bungy system needs updating

Toestraps. If I can find the strings wrapped around my feet when I least need it, then why can't I find the toestraps when I most need them.... (I think they just need retightening again, but there is nothing worse than hiking out and keeping on going, or capsizing whilst trying to fit my feet under the straps.)

All in all another couple of days of very slow progress (except the 20 knots. I know its not fast at the pointy end of the fleet, but it was plenty fast enough for me today. How you top guys gybe at those speeds has me in awe!