Typical conditions for southern winds at the schotsman, gusty and way less wind than predicted. Was swimming for quite a while near Schutteplaat, sailed to far into the lee.

No uphaul cord so after while I decided to move one of my harness lines all the way forward to the boom head. I took off my harness and hooked into the lines and was able to uphaul the sail and move out. MacGyver haha. Probably missed the best conditions upwind of Veere because of this.