Towards noon, we were back on MaRe with the repaired mainsail and the sail bag, or I better call it lazy bag.

We started immediately with the mounting of the lazy bag.

Then came the first physical challenge. Laying the big mainsail on one side of the boom.

After that we started with the mounting. A shackle for the tack of the sail and a velcro ribbon for the clew. Followed by rubber strip for the first intermediate mast car. This was followed by attaching the out-holer for the full sail. Then the first, very long, about 5.5 m, batten was inserted and locked in the batten holder. This one needs to be mounted with a screw in the mast car for the batten holder. Each step has it’s own challenging points.

The mainsail has 5 battens and between and after the last batten there is always one intermediate connection.

The last item to be mounted was the head of the sail into a double car especially for the sail head.

Then the lazy bag was attached to the lazy stays, lines guiding the sail to fall into the lazy bag.

Next I had my greatest fun of the day. Walking up on the mast about 3 m above the spreaders. There I needed to adjust the length of the top part of the lazy stays. With always a swell rolling into the bay the mast “nicely” swings from on side to the other and at a height of about 15 m above waterline, this is some 30 cm. At the end I got the lazy stay top parts adjusted.

The new lazy stay configuration so far looks good. I’m curious how it will performed during normal sailing routine.

Clearing up the tools etc. a 6 h effort was done and I’m looking forward to pull the mainsail up again tomorrow when we leave the bay.

For today I was exhausted and enjoyed the spaghetti Shigeo prepared in the meantime. After a shorter than normal after-dinner conversation I took a shower and went to bed.

Needless to say that I felt asleep before the blanket reached my body…