I trust Redwing is OK Gary.  We had a bit of a flood upstream of the marina here in Half Moon Bay Creek, Cairns, but nothing like down south, just a few logs (and lots of coconuts) floating by.  It is amazing how that low started in the Gulf and slid right on down the east coast of Australia.  The Whitsundays took a real hiding once again.  If I was there I would have been in my usual hidey hole up the mangroves in Gulnare Inlet but it is never much fun.  Looking forward to April and getting some decent sailing in this winter!  Hope to cross tacks later in the year.

Actually David I made a slight mistake, it was only 820mm.:)
Looks like more on the way...sadly.

Hoping to get up and check on Redwing today. A friend of mine record 840mm of rain in 3 days.

Maybe it's just the way I'm doing it but it is fiddly.
It's possible my mast could have been a bit taller by say 500mm to a metre. The Starboard side topping lift interferes with the yard hauling parrel. I may have to run the yhp outside the topping lift. If you have a close look at the photo I've put in my profile album you see how it's jammed. The alternative is I climb the mast and remove the lashing from the topping lifts.

Arne's method of reefing up to fit the battens works quite well. All the battens, batten parrels and HK parrels are fitted. I haven't finished the sheet spans yet as I'm short on a couple of blocks. So today was a big day with the first raising of the sail. The webbing batten parrels tend to bind on the mast so I'm going to try rope and poly pipe hose parrels.
I haven't fitted the luff hauling parrel yet so the whole effect though impressive is still a bit ugly with the wrinkles. I'll put a photo in my profile album.
The heat and humidity rules out working on it for most of the day.