Hi Everyone. My Goodness is it raining now, as the summer tropical weather is upon us. Everyone is watching "Issac" hoping he won't rain out the RNC in Tampa.
It's been months since I posted and feels good to be back. We have been traveling so much this year, but unfortunately, by air, and not by sea. However, we are planning to head south and go sailing, as soon as the hurricane season ends.
As we wait, we have been doing a few more projects to the boat. Remember that leaky dingy? Well, West Marine stood by their warranty and gave us a credit toward a new one. Gotta love that company!
And this time we got Hypalon Yeah!! No more leaks!
It just doesn't pay to try to save money
on a less expensive dinghy. After 5 dinghies in 7 years, we know!
So the next project had to do with our new sail. Scott decided to engineer a 1-minute reef system on the main sail. I always wonder where he learns all this stuff...but after he ran all these multi-colored lines to everywhere and thru sets of new blocks, and ending up in the cockpit...then...whola! He released the main sail and it fell so swiftly, into a double reef in less than a minute! This was a beautiful thing.
Now we can't wait to get out and try all these new changes to our old way of sailing! This sure will beat crawling up on the deck and trying to tie bungees around the main!(And always in foul weather) The older we get the nicer it is to have all lines running to the cockpit...plus so much safer.
And it always warms the cockles of my heart to see Scott organizing his stuff. That was just an added bonus.
Then we want a self-launching bow roller for the anchor. It never ends does it. It just takes time to get a boat the way you want it. And we understand that we certainly can't wait for that day to come before we can leave the dock. We can always add stuff as we go. (Surely, they sell davits in the Bahamas) Sometimes you just have to go with what ya got!
So do you think these huge shades will do it?
