I've Done This Dance Before!

SHIP'S LOG:

Spent a good chunk of yesterday talking with the people at CAPTAIN'S COVE SEAPORT in Black Rock Harbor. They seem to be a very good group and arrangements were made to haul ABISHAG. Tentatively, she will go dry on Thursday about 1pm. I get to go down and see what sort of damage was done. It is funny, in a bizarre, that I was expecting so much damage when I got hung up on the breakwater in New Haven and pounded up and down for a couple of hours and really there was not a lot. The repair work, less the prop and the deductible, was just about what was charge to salvage the boat. I can remember as the boat was lifted out of the water, how everyone looked for "big damage," and found very little. This time around, there was no real pounding, only the initial crashing stop and going aground and the slow lean over and back. Then the pull off. Why is it then that I am expecting "major damage"?

So far the "Butcher's Bill" is as follows:
1.) The "Lite" Salvage: $5,850
2.) Haul, Store & Launch: $2,340
3.) Bottom Wash: $78
4.) Boat Stand Rental: $270
5.) Tax: $17

TOTAL: $8555

. . . . . . AND THAT IS BEFORE ANY REPAIRS ARE DONE! Hopefully the insurance company will be as swift at settling as it was the last time and it will "ONLY" cost me my deductible ($1,600) and the cost of storage and launching. Ouch!

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:

I haven't quite got my head around this yet. I am not looking forward to unloading the boat. I almost want to say "The Heck With It", and let all the stuff sit in the boat for the winter. Some of the stuff will stay but there is other stuff that has to come out or it will rot and/or mildew. Still, I could just let it sit and deal with the mess, and it would be a mess, come the spring.

Another place in my brain is already starting to work of stuff that needs fixing and correcting and changing on the boat, planning for a new trip come the spring. It is all very schizophrenic! I am sure that it will all sort itself out in the days ahead, but right now, it is giving me a headache trying to sort it out. Living in the moment is not as simple as it sounds.