Century Club: Suzanne Fryberger
If you think moving a full-keeled sailboat from one slip to another shouldn't qualify as a boating trip, you should try it! Make sure there's a breeze blowing, too. Since we don't have our regular slip this season, we're having to move around as slips come available. As we motored clear of our slip and toward the bank on the other side of the narrow channel, we used a long spring line to bring Grace's bow around to starboard. Then, we motored past the new slip and used a spring line to warp in stern-first. Whew!
Rowed out to Grace on mooring to make minor repairs and apply caulk and Kiwi Grip to stern deck. Coquille, my dinghy, gets to be the Century Club vessel of the day!
I don't like having Grace on a mooring, but I do like the added opportunity for rowing. Dobbs rowed us out to Grace and we brought her in to a slip for Dave Miller to work on the custom boarding ladder he's building for us. Boat ride!
Still Morning at Still Pond
Gunkholing Mill Creek off Worton Creek
Turner Creek Landing
This was a boat yard summer for our 1966 Columbia 31. I can assure you we have a lot more than 10 days involved, but I'll assign 8 days to the following:
1. Replaced the engine.
2. Replaced all 4 opening portlights.
3. Re-painted the hull.
4. Installed a new stern pulpit.
5. Replaced the stern locker hatch.
6. Re-habbed our 7' dinghy to get another couple years out of her (she was built as a design test - a temporary...and is now 7 years old!).
7. Acquired commercial documentation.
8. Repaired and repainted the bottom.
Tomorrow is launch day!