I Think Fall Is Here!

SHIP'S LOG:

Over the weekend, the weather made a serious turn  . . .  for the worse, we.., at least as far as I am concerned. It went out of its way to remind me that winter is coming and I hate winter. How can you like winter whne you have to abndon shorts and t-shirts and sandles  for socks and shoes and long pants and  glo0ves and winter jackets and woolen hats andall the rest. Ugh!

True, it didn't get below freezing but last night it got down to the low 50's and with the wind out of the north west, it was not cool, it was cold.  But I guess there is little I can do ablut it except endure.

Looks like I will be headed back to Yankee Boatyard up in Portland for the winter hauling. I'll be making the two day trip with Fred, Thalia and Bob.  Perhaps there might be a few more as we will be going on Columbus Day Weekend which is traditional the last "cruise" weekend for TYC.  We'll overnight Saturday in Hamburg Cove and on Sunday, when most of the others, if there are any other, head back down river, we'll head up river to Yankee.

I really hate the thought of hauling out, if only for the fact that it costs money. $29.50/foot plus assorted and sundry other costs for services rendered or to be done over the winter/spring. If I could instantly transport the boat and I to Mile Marker "#1" at Hospital Point in Hampton Roads, Virginia, the start of the ICW, avoiding the sail down from Connecticut, and insure that there would be no repeat of the winter weather of the previous trip, I would do it in a heart beat. That was the worst part of the trip going ( Bob & Fred can attest to that) and returning. But then again, it is not possible and so it really doesn't matter. I get to do winter in Connecticut again. Last year wasn't so bad, . . .  .still.