A lot of work went into Turicum over the last month. The standing rigging was completely replaced and the mast stepped again in April. The mast tower at the Rowing Club, Turicum’s homeport, sure came in very handy.
Our fearless skipper Gunnar....!
Under the critical eyes of Hale.
Turicum was then delivered to Steveston where she was hauled out. A fancy new bottom paint remover allowed to strip more than a 100 lbs of old paint in just four hours work. Incredible. Stripped right down to the barrier coat, the hull was then faired and new bottom pain applied.
Baltopate was the product of choice and when wet sanded gave the hull a shiny finish!
Back in the water we sailed to Vancouver in a fresh westerly breeze. Turicum surely was performing better than before. A note from Hale:
“We had a great sail up from Sandheads to Point Grey with the #2 and no main -- even then we hit over 8kts. We did a test run under power and were about 1/2 a knot faster at 1500rpm.
Looking forward to Swiftsure, the Lasqueti race and then the big test Maui.”
The crew took Turicum for a shake down training weekend and sailed almost a 150 miles in 24 hours. Here are some notes from our skipper Gunnar:
“We had an excellent sea trial of the refurbished rig and new bottom. Turicum has benefitted from all our hard work and is going well. We also had a very valuable orientation for the crew, both in terms of sailing Turicum and the the routines of living aboard and keeping watch schedules. We enjoyed having on board some of the students who will help bring Turicum back from Maui and I am confident we will leave her in good hands for the return trip.”
The next trial will be Swiftsure this coming weekend. Follow us during the race on:
Aloha!
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