A Little Of This And That

SHIP'S LOG:

     I spent the weekend on the mooring trying to find a place for all the stuff I brought aboard. I might have gotten 75% of it stored away. Actually that is pretty good since I still have another load up at Russ' and I can't even consider bringing it down until all this stuff has found a home.  And that won't really happen until the ceiling panels are back in place and on and on and on it goes.

    Even with the Thames River roll, sleeping on the mooring is the best for rest. Even the rolls are pleasant on the mooring when you get into the rhythm.

   The knee is better but not great. The cortisone seems to have relieved  most of the irritation which is good, but I am beginning to think that there is either a tear in the meniscus, or a piece is detached or there is a bone chip floating around for no good reason. Rather than the whole knee being sore, there are various spots which seem to trade off on being sore.  Walking is actually a bit of a chore and I find it surprising how tiring it can be. The fact that the pain may less but really never disappear completely reminds me, dare I say it, of my hip prior to its replacement. That is not a pleasant thought at all. I haven't had ABISHAG out for a sail yet as I do not trust my knee when moving around on deck. The Doctor said the knee is sound but the pain, with an occasional bolt, causes the brain to tell the knee to buckle and it could do so at a most inopportune time, Since I sail by myself most of the time, it isn't something I want to take a chance with just yet.  Hopefully the MRI will discover the source of the irritation and pain and it can be dealt with quickly.

     Despite the knee, I went racing with Jim Avery in the CHILI Series on Sunday and we won both races, on corrected time of course, but we won. Not bad, not bad at all.

   The CHARLES W. MORGAN, the oldest commercial vessel in the US and the last wooden whaling ship is doing shakedown day trips out of New London. It is impressive to see her under sail and moving with surprising speed for something so large driven only by the wind. She'll head out in a could of days for a summer tour of New England waters before she goes back to Mystic Seaport for good.