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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 10/27/2013 : 17:54:14

Initially I just went down because we'd forgotten to turn our cabin heater on last time we were there, but I ended up pulling all the stuff off the boat. Took the jib & bag off, figured I'd take it home & get Rita to help me fold it properly (we usually just stuff it in the bag at the end of a sail). Also removed the LifeSling, BBQ, tightened up all the halyards so they're not banging in the wind (supposed to get gusts into the 40kt range this evening, and it was up to around 15 when I left). Drained the water tank, ran the engine's carburetor dry, moved the boat poles into the cabin, etc. Also removed the tiller so I can do my bi-annual refinishing.

Felt kinda melancholy doing it, I have to bow to the fact with my knee injury, I'm unlikely to go sailing the rest of this year. While my knee feels great compared to a couple of months ago, still kinda tender, and honestly, my other knee's not feeling so good now (it hurts more than the left one which is the one in the brace). Go figure...

David
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 10/28/2013 : 13:35:08

Yup! I hauled the boat today, winterized it, covered it, and am going home to Ohio tomorrow for the winter. The first week of sleeping in a bed that doesn't move under you is the hardest.

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 10/28/2013 : 14:30:13

Going from the Chesapeake to Ohio... (Sounds like a railroad.) "Why-o, why-o, do you go back to Ohio?"

My interior stuff went into the basement today--Sarge goes to the marina tomorrow for haul-out when they get to her.

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 10/28/2013 14:30:46

Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/28/2013 : 17:36:33

Passage made her annual trip upriver a week earlier than scheduled. Was looking at long range forecasts for next weekend and saw nothing but rain and wind... Was scheduled to be in the 60s, but stormy.
Left Milford Sunday at low neap tide at noon, headed for Stratford then upriver. In Long Island Sound the west wind was running at 15 with gusts to 25... Small craft advisories were posted. Wet heading right into the wind but sunny.
Made it into the river at the beginning of flood. I zoomed up to the two drawbridges and hailed them on the radio. Highway bridge first - they opened right up on demand. I'd prearranged a railroad bridge opening for 2:30, and I was prompt. At 3:20 they hailed me saying we're a go, so I gunned it and flew through on the current.
The main body of the river was a little scratchy - min depths hit 5.5 ft but no problems making it to the marina around 4:30.
Found an empty slip and a yardhand. Gave him the story. She'll be hauled out on Wednesday, so I plan on being there to check the keel bottom (had 2 soft groundings this year) and the green slime before they powerwash.
I'm ready with my 1" PVC pipe and tarps. Will remove the rudder to prevent from freezing overnights. Will pull the outboard when my help shows up in two weeks. Winter preps are already underway.
So I checked next Saturday's forecast today? Mid 60s, sunny and 8 kt breezes! Good day for shore fishing for trout!

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Response Posted - 10/28/2013 : 19:44:51

Bruce, just in case your marina has a forklift... At Norwalk Cove Marina (a BIG operation), I'd get a forklift operator to lift me on a pallet up to the outboard where I could slide it off the bracket and set the skeg on the pallet, then he'd lower me and the motor to the ground. A nice little tip took care of it. Much better than two people on ladders!

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 10/28/2013 19:47:06

TakeFive
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Response Posted - 10/28/2013 : 19:50:36

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 Bruce, just in case your marina has a forklift... At Norwalk Cove Marina, I'd get a forklift operator to lift me on a pallet up to the outboard where I could slide it off the bracket and set the skeg on the pallet, then he'd lower me and the motor to the ground. A nice little tip took care of it. Much better than two people on ladders!
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FWIW, I attach the mainsheet tackle to the lifting handle of the motor at the bottom end, and to the C250 perch seat at the top end. Then I have 4:1 purchase to easily lift the motor off the transom, and guide it slowly down to the ground. It helps to have a second person to keep the motor vertical and away from the transom.

I know the C25's don't have the perch seat hanging over the transom, but maybe there's a place on the aft pulpit where you can make an attachment.

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islander
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Response Posted - 10/29/2013 : 13:59:13

Bruce out, Dave out, I guess I'm alone on the Sound from here on out. I'm sticking it out till Thanksgiving. Anything to cut the winter down. I just checked on the weekend Bruce, Sun/Clouds and around 60.
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Fri Night: SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt...becoming W around 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft in the evening...then 1 ft or less. A chance of showers in the evening.

Sat: W winds 5 to 10 kt...increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 1 ft or less...then around 2 ft.

Sun: NW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt...diminishing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
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Saturday looks like the winner.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 10/29/2013 : 15:06:10

Different sound...

I'm not completely out, the boat's still in the water, I've got my spare tiller on board, and I just either need to bring my 110 jib back, or simply hank on a different one (I've got a bunch, but it's my only 110), and I can go sailing.

Rita's unlikely to want to go, so I would have to recruit a friend to go. She's a fair weather sailor.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/29/2013 : 16:40:31

Scott - I'd love to go out with you on Saturday. Of course, it's a long way to Huntington harbor from here. C'mon across to Norwalk and we'll bring the wine & cheese.

Edited by - Voyager on 10/29/2013 17:01:23

Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 10/30/2013 : 18:59:42

Sarge is at her winter marina waiting to be lifted. It was a chilly trip--time to look forward to spring. I thanked the bridge operators and wished them Happy TG, Christmas, New Year, and Easter... Up next: Steamboat Springs!

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redeye
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Response Posted - 11/01/2013 : 04:22:33

And I'm gonna have lovely weather here, but a basement entrance threshold on my house has rot. I've got to tear it out and re-frame the doorway, build and hang a door.

It's sooo hard not to rush the job to go sailing!

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 11/01/2013 : 17:41:52

Passage was hauled and put up on poppets today. Bottom came clean after power washing but there are a few areas with barnacles - mainly where I touched bottom in the shallow sands and scraped off some of my bottom paint. No damage to the gelcoat or keel thankfully. Most of the bottom paint is fine.
My Poliglow held up well - a few scrapes due to fender chafe.
We'll have 2 dry days before the next freezing night, so my hope is that the bottom paint has the chance to completely dry out. I'll pull the rudder and engine on Saturday and put them up in the garage.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 11/06/2013 : 14:44:08

Dave, I feel for you. You live in such beauty, especially for sailing, and not doing so would bum me out too.
It has been cooler here in SoCal but we can still sail. I love the brisk air. This last weekend was great weather for sailing. I feel very lucky. Oh and Iam planning to sail this weekend.

Before you get too jealous, remember there is a price living here. What most of you pay for yearly slip fees, I pay a month.

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awetmore
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Response Posted - 11/06/2013 : 18:56:41

My boat is only about 30 minutes north of Dave's and I still have been going sailing every weekend. Year round sailing is an option in Seattle, but you just need to be ready for the cold.

I'm sorry to hear about the knee, that sounds like much more of a bummer. The boat will be there when the knee is ready.

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