Hi Steven,

Good to see you're still checking in now and then. Yes we always ease the mizzen before tacking. In fact the mizzen sheeted in hard will keep her from getting any farther through a tack than head to wind.

It's been quiet around here lately. Everyone in the southern hemisphere must be out enjoying the warm spring weather? I'm afraid our weather this fall has gone all to heck with way too hot weather in late September to 15+ cm of snow in very early October. It's all melted away now and we're having actual autumn (highs of 13 degrees C) conditions now. This is my favourite time of the year because all of the insects are now gone and we can be out and about without being accosted by them.

Keep well all, and I hope you have/had a great sailing season this summer.

Dale