Frost!!! We're Talking FROST!!!!!

SHIP'S LOG:

     Yesterday was the second to the last race. Next Sunday will bring the racing season to and end and probably just in time. When I got up this morning int he woods of Griswold, there was Frost everywhere. And I am not talking just a light, frosty coating but a serious hard frost.  Now that I pretty much have abandon checking the weather every day, except for Sunday because we race on Sundays but only for one more weekend, it caught me by surprise to say the least. Thank goodness I am off the boat as it would have been rather difficult to get out of the sack this morning.  Not to mention what a trial it would have been to plunk my butt down on that cold, cold toilet seat in the head! Still, ain't it just a bit early?

    The mooring field at TYC is getting rather barren and empty. Saturday, pretty close to a dozen boats left to get hauled for the winter.  And Sunday, more left, even a few racers who at least waited until the race was over. Next weekend will see the great fall exodus as the TYC "closes" on November 1st and everyone "must be gone."It will still take a couple of weeks but the only ones who will remain will be those few who haul-out locally. The Saybrook or Portland or Stonington or Westerly crowd will be gone by Sunday next Westerly as the weather gets more  hinkey and the temperature starts to head for the basement. Except for those who are into "frostbite" sailing, the season will be over and any time spent on boats will be for winterizing, wrapping and emptying. It is such a terrible time of the year. The only good aspect is that all those things one has somehow "lost " on the boat during the season will suddenly and miraculously reveal themselves.

     I will head up to Portland today to see if I have been hauled and to pick up a few small items. Once I get out of the water, a major "stripping" will be done and then I'll wrap ABISHAG for her winter snooze. It gets SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Depressing!