Sjogin – Page 17 – Hove to off Swan Point

Done!

Well, almost done. Kirby Paint Company sent me a quart of Seattle Grey that, if anything is even closer to the Interlux color. Decks painted last Sunday. Need to paint the bridge deck bulkhead and of course the hatch still needs to be worked on but close enough. Sjogin goes back in tomorrow and I’ll rig her Friday.

All painted
Finished (mostly) with painting. The spars are sanded and varnished and ready to go. Hope to be sailing by next weekend (and have the first fire of the new off-season).

Crisp waterline. Bottom painted and the bilges filled with a few buckets of Bay water to start the swelling process.

Late shift. Last job is to polish and mount the letters.

Took a break Saturday and went out with the Beatons to watch the first race of the A-Cat Worlds which was won by Mary Ann. She’s one of the originals, rebuilt by Benjamin River Marine in Maine in the mid 80’s. Though not usually a contender she did real well in this race.

Mary Ann! in the lead. Tight rounding.

Neck and neck
Spy just ahead of Mary Ann. Fog moving in.
Spy
Spy dialed in.

Even more progress

Absent the Kirby Paint Company sending me the wrong deck paint, things are moving along. Looks like Sjogin may go back in next week. All that remains is painting the deck, rub rails and bottom. The spars are done and ready to go.

I always try to do her regular maintenance in four weeks or less but it always seems to take six. Oh well. If nothing else this spate of delightful weather this September has made me decide to take her out next July rather than mid-August. We’ll see.

Fresh paint
Freshly painted with Kirby’s custom color Maynard Bray White. Mr. Bray is an editor at WoodenBoat and a fixture in the traditional boat scene. My brother uses this color on Boss Lady and Katy D. It’s an off-white, with just a touch of cream.

Wrong color
That is most decidedly not Seattle Grey, my usual deck color. Called Kirby’s and they will try again. It’s actually an Interlux color, copied by Kirby.

Rudder detail
Primed and sanded, ready for paint.

Work site view
View from the shed. A classic Bunker and Ellis Picnic boat, coming in for winter storage.

Serena
Serena, the Beaton Flatfish, under sail. Still no takers for Charlotte.

Sjogin’s out….

Annual haul out and makeover is later than usual. And also as usual we have been visited by a series of highs with lots of dry NE winds. (My favorite breeze.) I’m going to try to pull Sjogin in July next year. I’ll keep her out for her usual few weeks and relaunch in mid August, with her available for days such as these (summer boat traffic willing).

Here are a few pics from the last week or so:

August 24th, last heave to of the Summer. Went into the rigging dock after this sail and pulled the mast.

Just hauled
Fresh from the water. The crew at Beaton’s will wash off a long season of growth. Not too many barnacles this year.

Back in my favorite spot. I even have old man stairs. What luxury.

Water access
The Bay remains close. (Sometimes too close.). I’ll try to launch her right there.

The view of the bay from my spot in the shed. Usually a breeze either way.

Tom Beaton stopped by with news of Saturday’s final A-Cat race at Seaside Park. Raven won the season by only three points. Another Beaton built boat rules the A-Cat season.

Russ, Jake Julia and others at North End
My third visit this season; still working on the amortization of my season badge. The usually smiling Jake, Julia and Mary in there somewhere. Fine day with no Sjogin visit. Back at it tomorrow after work.

Another Friday morning sail.

This is getting to be a habit. Nice day with an eventual Easterly about 4 to 6kts. Another sparkling day on the Bay.

Easy sailing. Hove to on Starboard tack with a lee bow tide. Nice slow ride from under Swan Point over to MYC. Sat on the deck in the shade of the jib while Sjogin took care of herself.

Gear failure!
Oh no; another .29 piece of tarred marline is needed to re-seize the jib block.

At ease
All this and hove to.

Quest progress; two more planks hung.

Barberry, daylillies and strange webs. Foggy morning yesterday.

Wet web
Wet web. Note the curve from the weight of the dew.

Full
No more room; annuals have filled in nicely.

More tomorrow.

Or Monday

We went for a sail last Sunday morning

with Kent Mountford, up from Maryland for a visit. Out for a couple of hours, delightful conditions, traffic not too bad. Had several nice pauses along the marsh. Lots of bird life; Osprey’s are becoming so wonderfully common.

Kent
Skipper Kent at the helm.

Julia and Serena
Julia enjoying having Serena in view. Really. First time I’ve seen her out this season. Hopefully Charlotte will return to the Bay soon. It’d be nice to see them match race.

Serena
Grace under sail. The perfect gentlemen’s day sailor.

Clean
Finally stopped relying on heavy rains and actually scrubbed her from stem to stern. Looks good enough to get by for a few more weeks before her annual haul and refit.

Catboat
If you squint and pretend the houses are dunes, the photo could have been taken in 1908.

High Summer; Margueritas last Sunday.

Happy Summer all.

Took off today to shake off the dust of Toronto

I was there Sunday through Wednesday on an audit. Glad to have such a perfect day for the occasion.

Went out on Sjogin early, leaving around eight. Comfortable 4 to 8 kt breeze out of the ENE. Bright sun through a bit of cirrus. Home by 11:00 and up to the beach to sit with Julia for a while and now on the porch. Feeling markedly better.

Ready to go this morning. Needed to shove off into the ENE breeze, then raised the main and jib.

Sparkling morning for a sail. Not too much traffic; was back before the usual suspects woke up.

Weldon and Goddard having a gam below on Rozinante. Re-reading L. Francis Herreshoff’s The Compleat Cruiser. Looks like we have a bit more room on Sjogin.

My prospect today for a few hours. Visit number two. Badge amortization down to $30.00 per visit.

Sunrise
Sunrise this Thursday. Happy to be home.

Color garden
Annuals putting on a good show this year.

Luminous morning
Luminous. Last week at a cloudy sunrise.

A few Sjogin pics

but no more till we return from content harvesting.

Gear failure! The 39 cent piece of tarred marlin gave up the ghost. Looked fine last fall…… When it let go (I was hove to on Starboard) I tacked, pulled out another .39 piece and replaced the lashing.

Shiny
Varnish still bright but starting to lift. Will this be the year for a wooding?

Sailing by Mary Ann, one of the original four.

Summer’s here

and our beds are showing their best. Day lillies are coming into their own and the last of the climbing roses are dropping petals. A true Rose Walk.

Petals
Literally. It’s a very light pink variety climbing rose. It was here when we moved in almost 20 years ago. Struggles with the shade but blooms reliably.

Day Lilies starting
Common Day lillies and Clematis ?. Roses just done.

Stella
Stella D’Oro Day Lillies enjoying their moments

Kousa
Good show from the Kousa this year; starting to fade now. The white plank in the lower left is a boom crotch; washed up at Beatons years ago. It supports one of the lower limbs. One of these days I’ll elevate it but some floatsam works for now.

Astible
Astilbe, Heavenly Bamboo, Greenleaf Holly, Kousa and a new Begonia. View from the couch in the TV room.

Library view
And early last weekend. The Astilbe will be in bloom for a few weeks.

Sjogin pics soon but not from this weekend. Bit too breezy to go down and watch the first start for Spyder. Went out early Saturday though but left the camera home. Just as well as I missed my landing for the first time in a while. Had to back the jib, fall off and jibe. Good practice.

Later.

On Barnegat Bay

yesterday morning. Went out from 9:30 or so, back by noon. Had my first encounter with the afternoon “hot dogs”; seems they wake around 11:00 and then go forth to go round and round and round the Bay.

Still, there was a nice southerly tending to a sea breeze, about 4 to 6 kts. You could feel the heat building but enough of an air to cool you off. Managed to catch the start of an E-Sloop race on the Bay south of Swan Point. Video later (maybe.)

There’s progress on Quest, it’s A-Cat season and I went to the beach. (Noteworthy for my usual absence.) Pics follow:

Quest
Progress on Quest; planking continues. I saw a pile of nice cedar flitches in front of the shop last week. The best will be for Quest.

They’ll never look better. Ghost and Lightning waiting for battle.

Fine morning, coolish breeze. Too warm for the usual fire; finally.

Slick
Hove to off the marsh near Reedy Creek, waiting for the E-Sloop race. Note the slick as Sjogin crabs her way to weather.

Elevenses…..just right.

Watching the race from my easy chair as it continues hove to on the Starboard tack. With a good breeze, the severe degradation of sail shape does no harm.

Master E-Sloop skipper Peter Wright sails by to say hi.

Bang!
Clean start for the fleet. This was the Runnie Colie E-Scow regatta; The BBYRA season starts on the 21st.

I just may try to sail down for the A-Cat start; Bay Head and Manasquan co-host the first race of the ten regatta season. Last time I tried there was 0 air that morning. Nice tactical breeze this morning.

Finally, evidence of my first beach visit this year:
One...
and counting.