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Spent most of the day fitting out Hatseflats. Set up a temporary boom crutch to see how a boom tent would work out. Found that the yard is long enough to extend the boom tent to the transom.

Since it was too late to go sailing I decided to launch Hatseflats into the pond across the road. Drove the car and trailer all the way (80m) to the water for a stealthy launch. Which was immediately noticed by my neighbours, so we rowed together for a bit through the narrow canals. Hatseflats appeared stable enough even without the daggerboard. Afterwards I was not amused to see that one of the aft compartments had a little water. But I could find a possible leak, and the rest of the hull was dry. I guess it was some rain water left over from a squall on Friday when I had not closed the hatch. So far, so good.