The boat is fantastic

Steering the boat is difficult at small speed, but when the boat goes faster its reaction is very sensitive. Many sailing manoeuvres are possible only thanks to steering by sails. It seems sailing on catamaran. Sliding keel is a wonderful invention. It gives 10% extra speed.

Today we have had the wind of 10-12 knots. It is enough for the first training. Nevertheless it was extremely cold in the morning (hoar-frost on boat's deck) we spent whole 6 hours on the water. Now we know we have to tune boat's mast, make some regulations, buy more ropes, improve electricity and calibrate electronic devices. We need more trainings on water as well as long evenings of work with equipment before everything comes into operation. Unfortunately there are no mini transat class boat near by and we can not see how to install all this stuff. We can only learn from pictures.

I would like to thank everybody who has helped us in boat's renovation and its equipment:

• Piotr Adamowicz, for technical supervision of the renovation work and project of special construction for the trailer to carry the boat
• The Sail Service - Tadeusz Wojtowicz and Zbyszek Kuciel, for procuring high quality equipment with a very limited time and for service of standing rigging
• The OCEAN SAILS Stach Sawko, for service of sails
• The ELJACHT- Jurek and Tomek Jankowski, for their help and advice concerning electricity and electronics and for very good equipment they delivered and rent us
• The WIMPEL shop of Włodek Kocon for wonderful ropes
• The SMART, for the rescue equipment and for maps and navigation aids
• The ALGRO - Antoni Grodzicki and Mirek Czoske for service of centerboard and steer
• Piotr Czarnecki, for graphics on boat's hull and sails
• Lech Wołkowski, for eletricity and eletronics preparation
• Michał Mikołajczak, for staying with us almost every day
• Gienek Ginter, for the information about Transat 6.50
• Jacek Kondlewski, for his help in ironwork
• Mirek Gospodarczyk for professional advises and all his support.

Jarosław Kaczorowski