June 21 - No wind

No wind today! Got to the sailing site at 7.15 as usual and checked a few things on the boat. We managed to get the spinnaker pump system working properly by capsizing the boat and fiddling with the halyards and then righting it. Not sure what this did, but I'm not complaining. At 9 am they postponed us on shore. They are nice and decisive about things, postponed and more information at 11. Then postponed and more information at 1. Then more information at 3. Then at 4 they postponed for the rest of the day. So what did we do with all this free time? Boat work, what else! While chatting beside the boat with some other sailors, I noticed that the screw for my jib block was loose. This was like pulling on a thread on your sweater. I pulled out the screw to seal and re-insert it. Turns out it wasn't a screw, it was a bolt. With no nut on it. It was pretty much just hanging out in there. So we decided to fix it. And with everything in life, fix it properly the first time right? So up to the chandlery to buy some more parts, and then a painful few hours attempting to remove the nut from the OTHER bolt (this involved me lying upside down in the cockpit with my arm inside the tank at one point). Anyways, we did some more boat work, and now some more things on the boat are working, and then we decided not to look to closely at the boat for awhile. We also chatted with other sailors and sat in the shade. After a very cold morning, it warmed up to maybe 14 degrees but at least it was sunny! There was a bit of wind out in the harbour so the 49ers got a few races off, but they were moving very slowly. With a regatta of this size each fleet has its own course, with its own area of water. Our course is the furthest out, and while there was a bit of a thermal breeze happening in the harbour because of the land, there was no wind out on our course. A bit disappointing as we would really like to do more racing and less boat work. Interestingly, we have now had 5 water bottles stolen from beside our boat. Apparently they are worth a lot if you return them for recycling, but in a boat park full of expensive sailing gear it seams like a strange choice. Since we are not totally exhausted from the day we are going to go check out the Kiel Week international market which is very close to our hostel.