Sunshine in July...!

Henry on her mooring in the Marina 2, originally uploaded by Bay Photographic.

The weather finally cheered up today, and the sun put in a welcome appearance at the marina. I was on board trying (again) to trim the boat so that it will steer in a straight line, when I realised that it had brightened up outside, so I abandoned the ballast shifting and took some photographs.
I must make more of an effort with the ballasting, but it seems that the more weight I move around, the less inclined the boat is to steer properly. My last Norman 23 'Tranquillity' steered like a tea trolley on roller skates when i bought her, but I quickly stowed a couple of bags of gravel under the forward bunks, and she was transformed. Henry is a little better than Tranquillity was originally, but not by much, and I have not been able to improve things in spite of much gravel moving, freeboard measuring and even replacing the rudder with a 'course keeper'.
Perhaps its just me.
I'm not getting any younger...