Ahhhh. . . back on the water
It is so very nice to be back on the water.
The shiny new maststep that Joey at Riverside Marine made fit perfectly. And, with the help of a couple fellow sailors, the re-masting went flawlessly. A halyard slapping on the mast is an annoying noise. But it was music to our ears because it meant that our mast was back where it belongs and not lying across sawhorses!!! Beethoven, step aside!
Saturday morning we “splashed” at about 10:30 and by 11 were safely snug in a slip here at Harbortown Marina. A word about our stay “on the hard”. The yard name is Riverside Marina. It is huge. It is a family run do it yourself yard: Sally, mom, runs the office, Jason, son, runs the all important travel lift (that takes boats out of the water and ‘splashes’ them back in), Joey, son, is a welder. All in all really nice, helpful people. A yard to recommend in this area.
Yesterday was mainly spent just enjoying being here and on the water. We found 3 boats from our Brunswick Dock #6. Two will spend the winter here the third is as yet undecided. I’m sure a Dock 6 reunion is in our future! We went to the onsite restaurant for supper. We shared. The crab stuffed artichokes had too much breading but the artichokes were good. And the hamburger was good. This afternoon Ray and Sandy (dock 6ers) will pick us up and we will go to the Christmas parade in town. Should be fun.
We will need a couple of days to put things back in order. We have to tighten all the stays, put the boom back on the mast, hoist the sails and reinstall the radar. Then, we have to wait for decent weather for our trip down to Ft Lauderdale.
Alas. What a difference a day makes. Problems – big time! The forestay and shrouds all need to be shortened. Aggg. The rigger will be back this afternoon to take measurements etc.
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