Given all the talk about cold weather coming from up north,
we decided to make today a boat work day.
Having temps in the 60s, sunny skies, and light winds helped in the
decision. This morning, Captain Phil did
laundry and went got a ride to the grocery store with one of the marina employees. We began working on sail slides around
9am. Every one of the slides on the boom
had broken and 6 or 7 on the mast. It
appeared that UV in the sunlight had caused the plastic in the slides to become
brittle over time. Ollie had ordered 15
new slides for the mast from Sailrite. A
couple weeks ago, we realized the slides for the boom were a different size so
he ordered 15 of those. We used all but
2 on the boom. Anyway, it's nice to know
the mainsail is now fully attached to both the mast and boom. Tonight we ate Ollie's Wife Ann's 2 x 4 soup,
French bread and a salad. The soup was a
real hit. During and following the movie, we watch "The Wild Wild
West". Tomorrow, we plan to leave
Masonborro around 8am for a short 37 mile motor up the ICW to some anchorage
I'm not yet aware of.
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