first sail on home grounds

This is not meant to be a whiny post, i just want to make note of all the little issues that came up so i can fix them. 

1. Subaru copying black smoke. 
On the way to the dam she was sluggish and belching black smoke. On the way home she ran well: downhill but still on curving, bumpy, lumpy country roads. Mind i could not see sit because it was dark. Im wondering if she been doing this all along and it's worse under load. Apparently the DPF , I think the Diesel Particulate Filter can go shit. But i don't know enough and frankly I'm not worried.

2. Lazy Jack's on mizzen snagging
When the mizzen may was raised the book remained canted up because these lines snagged on the boom. They could just be a pain in the butt and i just need to lookout. Another remedy could be fitting an elastic tie forward around the mast. 
NB,: fitting one to each sail could also limit incidents of full battens snagging the lazy jacks as the sail is being set. 

3. Launching difficult 
Essentially a lack of water. The dam was high but the ramp is to sharpie. Something to think of in future planning. 
4. Engine had to start
Ah this was annoying as i got set along the trees. Several possible explanations: fuel level was low, problem could be due to me showing it wrong side down and causing oil to leak through the air filter. 
Doing research i learned that when laying the engine down, the control lever should face up. Otherwise oil will leak. Remedies, make sure there more than 1cm of fuel in the tank, store the engine lever side up. 

5. Sticky Centreboard
This is a known as a problem with this fine craft. It just needs a gentle poke ... To repair this would be major job: lay her over, remove centre board, sand back and repaint. Remedy: live with it. 

6. Engine fouls rudder
With engine up on the lowering mechanism, the ride fouls when on hard to stbd. One fix would be raising the leg offer, i just don't know how to do this properly. Or sail without an engine, remove engine. 




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