Today's Adventures
Almost everything done on the boat! (We only had a very few things that were just taking forever.)
All we have left is a little varnish to seal a couple of spots on the handrail, connect all of the electrical leads on the main mast (radar leads, and various mast mounted lights) and finish provisioning and stowing all that stuff. Provisioning and stowing is my job.
Unless we hear otherwise from our Routing Service, we leave noon Friday, June 16. This will give us the slack of the high tide to get out of Rockland Harbor, and the falling tide to take us on out of Penobscot Bay. The winds are predicted to be from the correct direction and sufficient to move us along without creating adverse sailing conditions. We may have to be concerned about the winds being TOO light.
The experienced captains have told us that our boat is a good sound design and will "take us any where in the world." One of the ferry captains stopped by this afternoon to admire our Fiddler.
Off to get things done.
posted by Fiddler @ 8:21 PM
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All is well here at 49 - 52 North, 133 - 24 West. Although its been a cool Spring, my strawberry patch is outdoing itself: 48 plants are giving us a pint one day, and a pint and 1/2 to a quart the next.
I am relieved to hear you have an experienced third hand for the trip. And masts, and sheets, mizzens and mains, and rigging... its all beginning to sound rather real, and 'bout ready!
Part of my membership in the Canadian Power & Sail Squadron is a subscription to "Canadian Yachting" magazine. I thought you might enjoy the following quote from Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Ulysses, 1842) It was at the bottom of an ad for a very expensive boat, shown under way with the spinnaker's belly all full and colourful:
... for my purpose holds
to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars...
Now, none of that, eh? Without the star baths, it would get mighty dark. Until next time, walk easy on the decks, and don't forget to duck when the boom swings round.
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