SHIP'S LOG:
As of yesterday, June 18th, at approximately 2:30pm (14:30Hours) I am official and relatively completely, ensconced aboard my floating home. I have slowly taken a few days to transport "all" - perhaps "most" would be more accurate - of my worldly possessions from dry land aboard. Slowly but surely, items were moved to the places they resided last year and ABISHAG is feeling more like home.
Of course, everything has to work itself out again and I am sure it will take at least a few days to get back into the routine of living aboard. I have to get into the mindset of "not taking for granted" and always checking. Over the weekend, I left the power on and some breakers open and ran the house batteries down to about 75%. It would not have been of any real importance except for the fact that the Wind Generator isn't generating anymore. I am not sure why. Fred and I( which means Fred) tried to figure out what the problems was but there was no joy. All of the "parts" that are down at deck level are all as they should be which leaves those parts that are in the generator itself high up on the mizzen mast. If it can't be fixed from deck level it is going to have to remain "non-functioning." To get it working again, I would have to got to a boatyard where they would either take the mizzen mast down( $450 to drop and re-set the mast) to remove the generator (at $60-80/ hour) so that I could package it and send it to Arizona where the KISS Company resides. What that would cost I have no idea. They would then determine whether or not it was possible or economically sound to
pair the unit and then send it back with a bill for services.I don't even want to think about that one! And the it would have to be re-installed ($450 plus the $60-80/hour) and checked out by the yard electrician ($60-80/hour) to make sure everything was doing what it should be doing. Since I haven't been contacted by the Prize Patrol from Publisher's Clearing House, I am going to have to simply manage the electricity better and charge it from the engine when needed. Of course, I just absolutely hate the fact that something is not working on the boat, especially because there is noting I can do to fix it. But since there is nothing I can do about it, I'll simply let it go. I can't control it and so I am not going to worry about it.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Home At Last! ! ! ! ! !
SHIP'S LOG:
ABISHAG didn't go into the water last Wednesday! She actually went in on Thursday. It is always a traumatic moment for me as I am sure that "something major" was left undone or was done badly. But stepping on board and having the yard motor her down to a slip, well everything seemed to be just fine. That's actually all I did on Thursday, took a little boat ride and did a quick check on systems. Everything seemed to be working just fine thank you.
Friday afternoon, it was time to bend on the sails. It is a more activity to do by oneself but I was luck when Fred stopped by and helped with the project. It took a little more than an hour and then we sat and gassed in the cockpit. we made plans to take her back to TYC on Tuesday. It will be great to get her back where she belongs. The trip will be a drag for it is certain to be a motor all the way to Long Island Sound, a good 20 miles or so and with all the recent rain, the river maybe cock-full of all sorts of interesting floating debris. But with two pairs of eyes, we should be able to avoid the an serious entanglements and crashes.
Saturday and Sunday would have been perfect days for the trip but unfortunately, nether I nor Fred was free. I had a "Farewell"party for the son of a friend who was heading over to Afghanistan for a tour of duty and on Sunday, I attended a surprise 80th birthday party.
I got a call over the weekend from Fred saying that his schedule for his part-time job had been changed and Tuesday was out, as well as Wednesday, so Thursday was the first day he could make it. At the same time, I got a call from Russ saying that he was taking a couple of days off and that he was willing and able to help move the boat Tuesday or Wednesday. Co-coordinating a move just never seems to go smoothly!
The deciding factor on the move date was the weather . . . . naturally. After several days of wonderful weather, the weather for the week was headed into the crapper. So Russ and I decided to go on Tuesday before it got really bad.
We met at TYC, dropped off my car and returned to Yankee. we left the dock at 9:15am with everything going just fine . . .except for the GPS unit in the cockpit. For some reason, it was not getting power. I am not sure why but I suspect that in rummaging around in the wiring, I broke one of the connectors that powered the unit. It should be a n easy fix . . . once I find it. Luckily, the GPS unit at the Nav Station was working just fine. It had the track in the river that I followed on the way up and we followed down the river. It also had the working depth sounder! Several places in the upper part of the river, between Portland and the east Hadam Swing Bridge, have some rather shallow spots and you really have to follow the channels cut for the barges that bring oil up the river to the power plant in Middletown. A "first" trip is always one where staying focused on your course is something that is hard to do. You tend to wander a bit and having the depth sounder, well it made it easy to see when you were straying to far out of the channel.
But there were no incidents and with chart in hand, we made it successfully and safely all the way to the Sound. Once out in the Sound, we sailed! It was glorious though short. For awhile, we made better time under sail than under motor but the wind was dying. After an hour or so, off Niantic Bay, I kicked the motor on and we motored the rest of the way. It was a bit of a slog as the tide and the wind were against us but we we were off TYC by 5:15pm, just about what I thought we would be. I ran over the docking procedures with Russ as I had no dingy and I didn't expect the launch to be running mid-week. Usually that doesn't happen before Father's Day which is late this year, next weekend. But on the off chance that they had started it up early I made the call and was rewarded with a response. The launch was running and I didn't have to go to the dock, but could go "home," back to my mooring.
ABISHAG was safely moored by 5:30pm and Russ and I were on the launch back to shore. And while we still had to have supper and then drive back to Portland so I could drop Russ at his car, it was still go "to be home."
ABISHAG didn't go into the water last Wednesday! She actually went in on Thursday. It is always a traumatic moment for me as I am sure that "something major" was left undone or was done badly. But stepping on board and having the yard motor her down to a slip, well everything seemed to be just fine. That's actually all I did on Thursday, took a little boat ride and did a quick check on systems. Everything seemed to be working just fine thank you.
Friday afternoon, it was time to bend on the sails. It is a more activity to do by oneself but I was luck when Fred stopped by and helped with the project. It took a little more than an hour and then we sat and gassed in the cockpit. we made plans to take her back to TYC on Tuesday. It will be great to get her back where she belongs. The trip will be a drag for it is certain to be a motor all the way to Long Island Sound, a good 20 miles or so and with all the recent rain, the river maybe cock-full of all sorts of interesting floating debris. But with two pairs of eyes, we should be able to avoid the an serious entanglements and crashes.
Saturday and Sunday would have been perfect days for the trip but unfortunately, nether I nor Fred was free. I had a "Farewell"party for the son of a friend who was heading over to Afghanistan for a tour of duty and on Sunday, I attended a surprise 80th birthday party.
I got a call over the weekend from Fred saying that his schedule for his part-time job had been changed and Tuesday was out, as well as Wednesday, so Thursday was the first day he could make it. At the same time, I got a call from Russ saying that he was taking a couple of days off and that he was willing and able to help move the boat Tuesday or Wednesday. Co-coordinating a move just never seems to go smoothly!
The deciding factor on the move date was the weather . . . . naturally. After several days of wonderful weather, the weather for the week was headed into the crapper. So Russ and I decided to go on Tuesday before it got really bad.
We met at TYC, dropped off my car and returned to Yankee. we left the dock at 9:15am with everything going just fine . . .except for the GPS unit in the cockpit. For some reason, it was not getting power. I am not sure why but I suspect that in rummaging around in the wiring, I broke one of the connectors that powered the unit. It should be a n easy fix . . . once I find it. Luckily, the GPS unit at the Nav Station was working just fine. It had the track in the river that I followed on the way up and we followed down the river. It also had the working depth sounder! Several places in the upper part of the river, between Portland and the east Hadam Swing Bridge, have some rather shallow spots and you really have to follow the channels cut for the barges that bring oil up the river to the power plant in Middletown. A "first" trip is always one where staying focused on your course is something that is hard to do. You tend to wander a bit and having the depth sounder, well it made it easy to see when you were straying to far out of the channel.
But there were no incidents and with chart in hand, we made it successfully and safely all the way to the Sound. Once out in the Sound, we sailed! It was glorious though short. For awhile, we made better time under sail than under motor but the wind was dying. After an hour or so, off Niantic Bay, I kicked the motor on and we motored the rest of the way. It was a bit of a slog as the tide and the wind were against us but we we were off TYC by 5:15pm, just about what I thought we would be. I ran over the docking procedures with Russ as I had no dingy and I didn't expect the launch to be running mid-week. Usually that doesn't happen before Father's Day which is late this year, next weekend. But on the off chance that they had started it up early I made the call and was rewarded with a response. The launch was running and I didn't have to go to the dock, but could go "home," back to my mooring.
ABISHAG was safely moored by 5:30pm and Russ and I were on the launch back to shore. And while we still had to have supper and then drive back to Portland so I could drop Russ at his car, it was still go "to be home."
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
It Be Summer!!!!!! > > >Or It Will Be Today!!!!!!
SHIP'S LOG:
I went up to ABISHAG yesterday to be there when the welding job got done. But by the time I had gotten there it was already completed! And a fine job too! That left me with the task of re-attaching the the port-side davit and the connecting bar that kept the two davits in alignment. A simple task , really, but one that was made more difficult because I had a case of the "dropsies." I kept dropping the parts parts that connected the davit to the newly welded stanchion overboard. Thank goodness that I was on dry land though it did necessitate my climbing down to retrieve them and then climb back up to try and reassemble them in place. Well, it was good exercise if nothing else and now, everything is back in place.
I also took the time to set the cockpit cushions back in place and clear the deck of the items that didn't need to be there anymore. I got out all of the dock lines and set them in the cockpit. As I was doing this, I noticed that the hatch to "the In-Law apartment" was undone and lifting it up I saw that the batteries had been re-installed. This surprised me as I had been told that this wouldn't be done until the boat was launched, being much a much easier ask to be done at that "equal level" rather than hauling them up the ladder and into the boat. But I am glad it was done as it gave me the opportunity to re-store all the items that had been taken out of that locker. . . .today! With that, ABISHAG was ready for launching and when the keel touches water, IT IS SUMMERTIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will probably hang for a couple of days to give myself the opportunity to check out all the systems and make sure everything works as it should. It will also give me the opportunity to load the boat with all the stuff that got taken off for the winter. I am really looking forward to that as it is a real pain in the butt hauling all that stuff around in my car, to say nothing of the various garages throughout eastern Connecticut that contain items from the boat that people were kind enough to let me store so that I wouldn't have to truck around with me. So by next week I should be home! In New London! On my TYC Mooring! On ABISHAG!
I went up to ABISHAG yesterday to be there when the welding job got done. But by the time I had gotten there it was already completed! And a fine job too! That left me with the task of re-attaching the the port-side davit and the connecting bar that kept the two davits in alignment. A simple task , really, but one that was made more difficult because I had a case of the "dropsies." I kept dropping the parts parts that connected the davit to the newly welded stanchion overboard. Thank goodness that I was on dry land though it did necessitate my climbing down to retrieve them and then climb back up to try and reassemble them in place. Well, it was good exercise if nothing else and now, everything is back in place.
I also took the time to set the cockpit cushions back in place and clear the deck of the items that didn't need to be there anymore. I got out all of the dock lines and set them in the cockpit. As I was doing this, I noticed that the hatch to "the In-Law apartment" was undone and lifting it up I saw that the batteries had been re-installed. This surprised me as I had been told that this wouldn't be done until the boat was launched, being much a much easier ask to be done at that "equal level" rather than hauling them up the ladder and into the boat. But I am glad it was done as it gave me the opportunity to re-store all the items that had been taken out of that locker. . . .today! With that, ABISHAG was ready for launching and when the keel touches water, IT IS SUMMERTIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will probably hang for a couple of days to give myself the opportunity to check out all the systems and make sure everything works as it should. It will also give me the opportunity to load the boat with all the stuff that got taken off for the winter. I am really looking forward to that as it is a real pain in the butt hauling all that stuff around in my car, to say nothing of the various garages throughout eastern Connecticut that contain items from the boat that people were kind enough to let me store so that I wouldn't have to truck around with me. So by next week I should be home! In New London! On my TYC Mooring! On ABISHAG!
Saturday, May 26, 2012
A Sailing Boat Again . . .Kind Of!
SHIP'S LOG:
ABISHAG is a sailing boat again! Well, at least she has her sail back from the loft. They haven't been "bent on" as of yet for to do so, perched perilously on the poppets, would be to invite a tumble and the thought of the damage her 11 tons would do crashing to the ground is painful to contemplate.
I was however, with a little help, able to get the newly re-windowed dodger back in place. I can actually see through it. The previous vinyl "window" was so old that it lost its flexibility and as a result cracked in several places in the heavy winds of the storms I experienced during the trip on the ICW. Repairs were made with fiberglass reinforced packing tape which worked well for about a month before the UV rays made it fall apart. It had to be regularly replace and each time the cracks and tears got bigger. In addition, I could see through it so the window obviously had to be replaced.
The batteries are still not in. The yard boss says that unless there is an absolute need, they prefer to install them once the boat is in the water. It is much easier then hauling them 10 feet up a ladder. They are kinds heavy and going up a ladder with one is slightly dangerous. I can see their point, so installation will await launching.
The welding will have to wait until the welder gets up to speed with the jobs he has lined up. As I noted before, welding and rain just don't mix and we have had a surprising amount of rain recently, which is the reason for the back-up. It will take him less time to do the job than it will to haul all the equipment he needs to do it from his shop down to where ABISHAG patiently awaits. I shall continue to make myself "present" around the yard in the hope that he gets tired of seeing me and just comes and does the job. Hopefully, it will be sometime this week!
ABISHAG is a sailing boat again! Well, at least she has her sail back from the loft. They haven't been "bent on" as of yet for to do so, perched perilously on the poppets, would be to invite a tumble and the thought of the damage her 11 tons would do crashing to the ground is painful to contemplate.
I was however, with a little help, able to get the newly re-windowed dodger back in place. I can actually see through it. The previous vinyl "window" was so old that it lost its flexibility and as a result cracked in several places in the heavy winds of the storms I experienced during the trip on the ICW. Repairs were made with fiberglass reinforced packing tape which worked well for about a month before the UV rays made it fall apart. It had to be regularly replace and each time the cracks and tears got bigger. In addition, I could see through it so the window obviously had to be replaced.
The batteries are still not in. The yard boss says that unless there is an absolute need, they prefer to install them once the boat is in the water. It is much easier then hauling them 10 feet up a ladder. They are kinds heavy and going up a ladder with one is slightly dangerous. I can see their point, so installation will await launching.
The welding will have to wait until the welder gets up to speed with the jobs he has lined up. As I noted before, welding and rain just don't mix and we have had a surprising amount of rain recently, which is the reason for the back-up. It will take him less time to do the job than it will to haul all the equipment he needs to do it from his shop down to where ABISHAG patiently awaits. I shall continue to make myself "present" around the yard in the hope that he gets tired of seeing me and just comes and does the job. Hopefully, it will be sometime this week!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
And Still More Rain!
SHIP'S LOG:
It is not possible to weld stainless steel in the rain and so, as a result, the stanchion remains broken. The rain did stop yesterday and the day turned out wonderful and now the welder needs only to finish his other delayed projects to get to mine. Hopefully, it will not be too, too long as ABISHAG is ready to go! And me too!
Fred and Bob went down river yesterday and to New London. They left around 10:30AM and I got a call that they were safely ashore at TYC at about 8:30PM. Even with the 3 knot push down the Connecticut River, it is still about 42 miles and with a top speed of about 7 knots it does take a little time, especially when you you don't make 7 knots all the way. They did all motor-sailing but at least they had a beautiful day to make the attempt.
I didn't go because I was to work on my dodger and sails at the loft. However, as these things sometimes go, the "window" for the dodger didn't get ordered and that ended that idea. I only found out once I got down there, so I lost a chance for the first trip of the season even though it would not have been on my boat.
I did take the time to install a new air filter system on ABISHAG. The old fixture was tiny and rusted and needed replacing. The new one is a space-age and colorful and even reusable.Tightened the screws on three large hose clamps and the deed was done. It took longer to set up to do it and clean up afterward than to do the actual procedure.
I went down to TYC about 5:30pm to see if Fred and Bob had gotten that far. Obviously, considering the time of the phone call, they hadn't. I waited for a bit and then decided to head "home." Friday I will make another attempt to fix the dodger as I have the assurance from Big John that the window material will be in. If it is, the work should not take long and then I will truck the sails up to the boat. The dodger will be able to be fitted but the sails will have to wait until ABISHAG is in the water less the sails "fill" when being "hanked on" and literally blow her off the jack stands. You can feel her move abit in the wind even without the sails in place so it is a real possibility. So that will have to wait also for the launching.
I am not sure if I will get launched today or tomorrow and if not, it will probably wait for next week. But then again, if I have learned anything over the past few years, it is patience.It will happen when it happens.
It is not possible to weld stainless steel in the rain and so, as a result, the stanchion remains broken. The rain did stop yesterday and the day turned out wonderful and now the welder needs only to finish his other delayed projects to get to mine. Hopefully, it will not be too, too long as ABISHAG is ready to go! And me too!
Fred and Bob went down river yesterday and to New London. They left around 10:30AM and I got a call that they were safely ashore at TYC at about 8:30PM. Even with the 3 knot push down the Connecticut River, it is still about 42 miles and with a top speed of about 7 knots it does take a little time, especially when you you don't make 7 knots all the way. They did all motor-sailing but at least they had a beautiful day to make the attempt.
I didn't go because I was to work on my dodger and sails at the loft. However, as these things sometimes go, the "window" for the dodger didn't get ordered and that ended that idea. I only found out once I got down there, so I lost a chance for the first trip of the season even though it would not have been on my boat.
I did take the time to install a new air filter system on ABISHAG. The old fixture was tiny and rusted and needed replacing. The new one is a space-age and colorful and even reusable.Tightened the screws on three large hose clamps and the deed was done. It took longer to set up to do it and clean up afterward than to do the actual procedure.
I went down to TYC about 5:30pm to see if Fred and Bob had gotten that far. Obviously, considering the time of the phone call, they hadn't. I waited for a bit and then decided to head "home." Friday I will make another attempt to fix the dodger as I have the assurance from Big John that the window material will be in. If it is, the work should not take long and then I will truck the sails up to the boat. The dodger will be able to be fitted but the sails will have to wait until ABISHAG is in the water less the sails "fill" when being "hanked on" and literally blow her off the jack stands. You can feel her move abit in the wind even without the sails in place so it is a real possibility. So that will have to wait also for the launching.
I am not sure if I will get launched today or tomorrow and if not, it will probably wait for next week. But then again, if I have learned anything over the past few years, it is patience.It will happen when it happens.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Rain! Rain! Rain! & A Senior Moment!
SHIP'S LOG:
Yes for about four days the weather was truly wonderful, almost summer-like. It got warm, even hot, and with enough sun for me to get the start of an honest-to-goodness sun burn! But all good things come to an end, even and especially, good weather.
I really didn't get much done on Sunday in that there wasn't all that much to actually do. I painted the depth sounder transducers (two of them) several times with special transducer paint. The paint "protects" the transducers like the bottom paint protects the bottom of the boat from marine growth . . . . . . and probably about as well. You can't use regular marine bottom paint on the transducers because the copper in the paint, a minuscule amount as it might be, interferes with the signals sent and received by the depth sounders. And if you are consciously using your depth sounder because you want to be sure of the depth of the water beneath your keel, - ie. to keep from going aground! - you surely want accurate readings on that score. Hence, the special paint! SO I'd paint, wait for it to dry, then paint again and wait for it to dry, then paint again yadadah, yadadah, yadadah . . . . . .
In be tween the painting and during the drying, I checked all the hatches, draws and doors that were sticky. I sanded them until they closed and opened with no sticking. It was so bloody hot down below - on dry land ABISHAG can't turn into the wind and have it fill and cool the inside - so I had to crack the hatches to let the heat out and what breeze there was in. Still, it was surprising how it sapped the strength right out of me.
I vacuumed the inside, arrange some things, did a lot of little busy work and then decided that it was too nice to spend the day doing busy work and I took off. And that's when the "senior moment" occurred . . . or may have . . . for I am not sure, but now I think that may have neglect to have closed the hatches and ports on ABISHAG.
Normally it wouldn't be a big deal especially considering the weather we have had for the last four days but that weather did not continue. If I did leave the hatches and ports open, more than those little "whirligigs" from the Maple trees go into the boat. Rain got in, and if was anything in Portland like it has been along the Coast, a lot got in. It is not that it can do in the way of damage, it is a boat after all. Rather, it is the clean up and the mold and mildew that will follow if I don't do it. I hate mold and mildew and I hate cleaning it up almost as much.The rain woke me out of a sound sleep last night which is when that it struck me that one, some or all of the hatches and port on ABISHAG were open. I must be getting a lot calmer in my old age for, since I wasn't sure if or how many was the case, I decided that I wasn't getting into my car and driving up to close them. I simply went back to sleep!
I used the rainy Monday to drop some excess books and an extra tool kit at TYC. Tools, like spares, tend to breed among themselves and produce more tools, certainly more than one deeds. i can say how long ago I bought this particular tool kit, but it has become redundant and so unnecessary and so expendable and so I gave it to the club. I also used the day to head to the sail loft and check on the sails. I am going to have to go up again on Wednesday and work on them myself. They have gotten behind. Their help ( an imposed relative in need of direction) hasn't really been all that much of a help and then have gotten behind. So I'll be there Wednesday and get the Dodger done and any work necessary on the Main and Genny. If nothing else, it will eliminate or at least reduce the sail-loft bill, which is a good thing.
Yes for about four days the weather was truly wonderful, almost summer-like. It got warm, even hot, and with enough sun for me to get the start of an honest-to-goodness sun burn! But all good things come to an end, even and especially, good weather.
I really didn't get much done on Sunday in that there wasn't all that much to actually do. I painted the depth sounder transducers (two of them) several times with special transducer paint. The paint "protects" the transducers like the bottom paint protects the bottom of the boat from marine growth . . . . . . and probably about as well. You can't use regular marine bottom paint on the transducers because the copper in the paint, a minuscule amount as it might be, interferes with the signals sent and received by the depth sounders. And if you are consciously using your depth sounder because you want to be sure of the depth of the water beneath your keel, - ie. to keep from going aground! - you surely want accurate readings on that score. Hence, the special paint! SO I'd paint, wait for it to dry, then paint again and wait for it to dry, then paint again yadadah, yadadah, yadadah . . . . . .
In be tween the painting and during the drying, I checked all the hatches, draws and doors that were sticky. I sanded them until they closed and opened with no sticking. It was so bloody hot down below - on dry land ABISHAG can't turn into the wind and have it fill and cool the inside - so I had to crack the hatches to let the heat out and what breeze there was in. Still, it was surprising how it sapped the strength right out of me.
I vacuumed the inside, arrange some things, did a lot of little busy work and then decided that it was too nice to spend the day doing busy work and I took off. And that's when the "senior moment" occurred . . . or may have . . . for I am not sure, but now I think that may have neglect to have closed the hatches and ports on ABISHAG.
Normally it wouldn't be a big deal especially considering the weather we have had for the last four days but that weather did not continue. If I did leave the hatches and ports open, more than those little "whirligigs" from the Maple trees go into the boat. Rain got in, and if was anything in Portland like it has been along the Coast, a lot got in. It is not that it can do in the way of damage, it is a boat after all. Rather, it is the clean up and the mold and mildew that will follow if I don't do it. I hate mold and mildew and I hate cleaning it up almost as much.The rain woke me out of a sound sleep last night which is when that it struck me that one, some or all of the hatches and port on ABISHAG were open. I must be getting a lot calmer in my old age for, since I wasn't sure if or how many was the case, I decided that I wasn't getting into my car and driving up to close them. I simply went back to sleep!
I used the rainy Monday to drop some excess books and an extra tool kit at TYC. Tools, like spares, tend to breed among themselves and produce more tools, certainly more than one deeds. i can say how long ago I bought this particular tool kit, but it has become redundant and so unnecessary and so expendable and so I gave it to the club. I also used the day to head to the sail loft and check on the sails. I am going to have to go up again on Wednesday and work on them myself. They have gotten behind. Their help ( an imposed relative in need of direction) hasn't really been all that much of a help and then have gotten behind. So I'll be there Wednesday and get the Dodger done and any work necessary on the Main and Genny. If nothing else, it will eliminate or at least reduce the sail-loft bill, which is a good thing.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Off Days
SHIP'S LOG:
Since the weather turned nice(read "No Rain") and there is really little left to do to get ABISHAG ready to go(read"Waiting for the batteries to be re-installed and the welding job completed" ) I took a couple of days off just to enjoy the weather. It is getting on toward summer and I can't wait for it to it big time.
Basically, I didn't to anything. I sat and read in the sunshine and, like "Oddball" in the movie, Kelly's Heroes, "sitting around, eating cheese, drinking wine, soaking up rays." A total and complete and wonderful "waste" of time.
Today, I will head back to the boat and polish the hull, or at least make a stab at it. If I get it done or get bored, I'll get back inside and work at tagging the wiring again. I got a bunch of that done but seemingly, the more I did, the more there was to do. Strange.
I got a call from a friend of a friend who might be interested in buying ABISHAG. We talked for 20 minutes or so on the phone and he is planning to come by on Monday afternoon to see her. As these things go, I don't expect much will result from the visit but it is the closest I have gotten to having a real live interested potential buyer give her a look.
I am strangely anxious about the trip from Portland to New London. I am anxious that everything works right. I am anxious about my handling of the trip. I am anxious about the weather. Truth be told, it is the normal pre-trip anxiety that most sailors, even those with lots of experience, always seem to experience prior to beginning a journey. Considering the trip last year, it shouldn't be all that big a deal, but then again, it was really being meticulous and conservatively careful that led to that journey being as "trouble free" as it was. I am "safe" ashore in Portland but it doesn't feel like "home." "Home" is the mooring off of TYC in New London and I can't wait to be there. It's the getting there that seems to be the source of the anxiety. Strange.
Since the weather turned nice(read "No Rain") and there is really little left to do to get ABISHAG ready to go(read"Waiting for the batteries to be re-installed and the welding job completed" ) I took a couple of days off just to enjoy the weather. It is getting on toward summer and I can't wait for it to it big time.
Basically, I didn't to anything. I sat and read in the sunshine and, like "Oddball" in the movie, Kelly's Heroes, "sitting around, eating cheese, drinking wine, soaking up rays." A total and complete and wonderful "waste" of time.
Today, I will head back to the boat and polish the hull, or at least make a stab at it. If I get it done or get bored, I'll get back inside and work at tagging the wiring again. I got a bunch of that done but seemingly, the more I did, the more there was to do. Strange.
I got a call from a friend of a friend who might be interested in buying ABISHAG. We talked for 20 minutes or so on the phone and he is planning to come by on Monday afternoon to see her. As these things go, I don't expect much will result from the visit but it is the closest I have gotten to having a real live interested potential buyer give her a look.
I am strangely anxious about the trip from Portland to New London. I am anxious that everything works right. I am anxious about my handling of the trip. I am anxious about the weather. Truth be told, it is the normal pre-trip anxiety that most sailors, even those with lots of experience, always seem to experience prior to beginning a journey. Considering the trip last year, it shouldn't be all that big a deal, but then again, it was really being meticulous and conservatively careful that led to that journey being as "trouble free" as it was. I am "safe" ashore in Portland but it doesn't feel like "home." "Home" is the mooring off of TYC in New London and I can't wait to be there. It's the getting there that seems to be the source of the anxiety. Strange.
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