ALIVE!

SHIP'S LOG:

     I am finally over my "24 hour tumor" or "flu" or "plague" or whatever it is that knocked me down for a few days.  I certainly feel lucky that I was nowhere nearly as badly touched by it as some people evidently have been. My brush with it was bad enough and I am glad that it is "in my rear-view mirror."

     An indication of just how well I feel can be seen in the fact that Russ and I are going to go up to ABISHAG and get the sails off and into storage.  It will work best as Russ has a van and I do not. In point of fact, what we will be able to do in one trip with his van would have taken me three (3) trips in my little P.O.S.  There are five (5) sails on the boat and while not particularly heavy, they are rather bulky as I was unable to lay them out and fold them properly. The genoa particularly is in need of a seriously better folding.  Getting them out of the boat is necessary as they run the risk of becoming stained with mold-&-mildew if they spend the winter. in addition, they take up considerable space on the inside which will make work in the spring a lot more difficult. After all, spring is only weeks away and there will be lots of stuff to do and I will need the room to do it. I can't wait to start.