11 April ; Launched the boat at Yokohama Bayside Marina. Named her ROCA.
 for bow |
 for stern |
14 April ; Sailed under strong wind.
in the cabin
15 April ; Sailed under yellow flag.
26 April ; Drill of maneuver under instructor.
at visitor's berth
28 April ; Drill of maneuver under instructor.
1 May ; Yellow flag.
3 May ; Calibration of depth meter and trial sailing.
6 May ; Sailing under strong wind.
10 May ; Single hand sailing and trial of autohelm.
18 May ; Bow-split fixed
19 May ; Fixed registration number of the boat.
30 May ; Fixed engine remote control
1 June ; Maintenance
3 June ; Sailing with Yoko and her friend.
Yoko's friend |
Yoko |
9 June ; Maintenance. Single handed boat "Thursday's Child" was moored at the visitor's berth.
23 June ; Exercise of sail handling
1 July ; Marine Paint
3 July ; Sailed with friend
21 July ; Sailed with friend
1 August ; Maintenance
3 August ; Sailed with relatives.
 leaving visitor's berth |
 at the berth |
10 August ; Engine oil replacement
20 August ; Preparation for typhoon
21 August ; Preparation for typhoon
23 August ; Sailed with friend
at Visitor's berth (photo by Seiyu)
3 September ; Preparation for typhoon
19 September ; Maintenance
28 to 30 September ; Floating Yacht Show
2 October ; Ordered GPS
3 October ; Sailing
at Yokosuka
21 October ; Sailing. Tested GPS. Very weak wind. Cloudy.
11 November ; Maintenance. Nice weather.
1 December ; Sailing with nephew. Nice weather.
the sea in early winter
nephew, Takaya at helm
5 December ; Taken out of water for applying bottom paint. During this operation, Mr. Greenwood experienced his first accident of colliding nearby boat. Damage to both boat was minor but still required considerable cost to repair.
Bottom cleaning was done by high pressure water jet cleaning for 30 minutes.
fouled bottom
6 December ; It was rain.
7 December ; Applied bottom paint. It took about 2 hours by roller.
refreshed bottom
