That evening the wind built considerably - I saw one weather report claiming F12 as the depression moved into the North Sea. Fortunately I'd taken the mast off ready to fix the spreader and mine was about the only boat in its area of the dinghy park not to be blown over. The next weekend we had a lot to do repairing jetties, boat tie downs and so on, and I had the spreader to do as well. So last weekend I chucked the boat in the water, and as I pushed it off the ramp saw the mainsail disappear over the transom. Yes, you've guessed it, after removing the rig I hadn't reattached it to the boom.
Mylar mainsails sink.
A long way. The sailing seems to be coming together a bit more these days, although its not really showing up in results. Less major errors really, and some reasonable beats and so on. What is getting increasingly frustrating is this club mania for not having any powered up reaches on the course. This morning I had to miss the first race, and as I started rigging the boat they were sailing round a course which had a mixture of everything, including a georgeous beam reach across the reservoir that had me mentally rubbing my hands as there was a decent breeze.