Shakey Shakedown

We took Tabasco out for the first time yesterday. Should've known that the outboards inability to start was a bad omen. The new rudder (that awesome one?) is causing me to eat my words. It's nice and high aspect ratio, and should work great. It doesn't. It takes forever to respond because it's a little too thin. It's also really heavy. Also, the running rigging is all tangled, and hal forgot to put the Windex on the masthead. So now we'll either be tying me to a chair and hosting me up, or dropping the whole 100 pound aluminium spar. Fun, fun, fun. All of this is currently scedualed for next week. Which of course is when i'm in florida. Great for having me climb the mast, me being a few thousand miles away. I do get to drive the escape to and from St. Louis and i remember the route being a relitively easy one ot drive so i should be good. I'll talk to you later. Maybe i'll post and take pictures while i'm in Florida. Have a good week.