A Very Good Day

SHIP'S LOG:

     God gave me a beautiful day to take the sails off ABISHAG. This little task has to be done while ABISHAG was still in the water as unfurling the sails while the boat is on land, on stands, would be dangerous.  A bit of wind and the boat could literally tip over off the stands.  Even when the boat is in the water the evolution can be a bit of a difficult task. Once the sails are unfurled, they will flutter all over. The greater the wind, the greater the flutter, and getting whacked in the head with the metal ring in the clew of a sail can ruin your whole day.. In addition, once each sail is down,it has to be folded up and stuffed in a sail bag. The wind will cause them to fight being folded and it becomes especially difficult when you are doing trying to do it on the boat.

     There wasn't a breath of wind in Portland this morning! Thank you God! All the sails came down without a problem and got folded up and stuff in the bags as easy as pie. I could not have asked for more. Now the boat will be hauled in a day or so and after that, the winterizing will be done and ABISHAG will be ready for a long winter's nap.   AH! The joys of boat ownership!