as Sjogin is to be pulled next week for her annual make-over. Although I’ll try to get her back in before the Equinox, it will indeed be fall before she’s launched again.
Most folks do their painting and repairs in the spring, use the boat in the Summer and put it away in the fall. Since I sail through the Fall, Winter and Spring, this time of the year is spent tending to her needs. After hauling and washing the bottom she will be put in the South shed at Beaton’s, a relatively cool spot with plenty of ventilation and a moist dirt floor.
Today, after the sail I stripped the sails, boom and running rigging in preparation for the haul out.
Here are a couple of pics from today’s sail:
Hove to off Reedy Creek. Though hot I had a nice breeze from the WNW to NW at 8 to 12 with gusts to 15.
Comfortable in the shade from the main. Had a nice long reach back to Swan Point, then a beat through the moored boats back to the dock.
Raven being single-handed. It’s pretty rare to see one of these boats being sailed by one person. No comment on the reef.