A SAILboat once again!
Although the canal trip was awesome, and we’re very happy to have had that experience, I can’t express how great we feel to have a SAILboat once again! After getting totally beat up by some waves the last two days (more on that in a moment), we crawled into Catskill Creek Monday and took a dock at Hop-O-Nose Marina. There are two marinas in this area that will step a mast for you but only Hop-O-Nose could handle our boats beam (width) of 16 feet. The marina owner Shawn was very helpful and with minimal drama, our mast was lifted from our battle-tested racks and fixed onto the mast step where it belongs.
Working to untangle a shroud.
Following that, Rebecca and I quickly went to work to re-rig the boat, only being slowed down by two unscheduled repair jobs. When reconnecting the wires at the base of the mast I found that our VHF antenna cable had ripped itself out of the connector. That required fixing. Also, while raising our main sail we found a hole in one of the batten pockets. Rebecca set to work to mend it and before too long, we had our PDQ put back together.
Good-bye mast racks…
…Hello Sailboat!
On the subject of those waves, I think we have learned our lesson about wind opposing current/tide. Everyone was telling us how we wanted to catch the ebbing tide but no one seemed to take note of the 20 knot winds opposing that. As the tide began to ebb more the waves built up to a very uncomfortable state. I’m not sure how often they get southerly winds around here but we’ll certainly be taking this factor into account next time!
Hi Guys
Looking like a sailbosat again!! Your also making good progress. Guess what, I just cleaned the workshop up. It took only two days. It was a mess after making the mast racks. Just kidding:) I hope someone will put them to good use.
Terry & Anneke
August 1ST & August 20th
Hey guys
Good to hear from you. I hope you’re looking after the marina for us. Does Hub and Michelle miss us?
🙂
Do you guys have a lose schedule yet when you will be at lady liberty (your last stop before heading south I assume)………
I think maybe Saturday we’ll be in NYC.
Glad to see you guys faired well and it should all be down hill from here….right?
LOL… down hill. Yeah right. Just a whole new set of challenges.
Did yoy have to re -tune the rigging?
Well, if by re-tune you mean crank our two shrouds down really tight, yes. We did not disconnect the diamond stays so I think they are the same as when we left (I hope).
Another “square wave” veteran… welcome to the club!
Kirk
Do we get a membership card? We certainly paid our dues.
You mean not all waves are square? That’s ALL we get here on Lake Erie!
🙂