Touring Delayed

We looked at the state of the seas yesterday and decided that we did not feel up to a ferry ride and subsequent walk around Vinalhaven in our foul weather gear. It was quite wet over the weekend and windy.

Yesterday we awoke to the sound of a commotion in the yard to find the fire department, the yard crew and the environmental containment department all working on a boat that had blown over in the night. Damage appears to be limited to the stantions on the one side, and no damage to any other vessels in the yard. The boat that tipped did not have masts on it, so there was no damage either to the masts or from masts striking other boats. Also, the dinghy was one of those inflatable affairs and it caught between the boats, which helped cushion things.

When a boat is up on land, it is parked on top of a series of jackstands, three legged stands with a flat plate that rests up against the hull, except for one that is up against the front of the keel, hich has a v shaped holder on top. Some of the smaller boats have a frame with the jacks attached, but the larger vessels have several, usually 5, sometimes more.

A boat yard with boats in storage is an interesting sight. All the boats up on stilts (jackstands) on the land look quite different when you see them from a keel view instead of the usual in the water on their lines veiw.

I will try to get pictures posted at some point, to give folks an idea.