Log of Saturday, August 2, 2008

August 2--Make & mend. July 11 to the end [of the month] was mostly consumed with shore-side family activities. On July 11 & 12 we took family members and wedding guests on day sails. On July 13 we took three separate groups on sails. By the end of the day the breeze was mid 20s, gusting to ~30 kts and we were happy to have a double reef in the mainsail. Then later in the month we took several sails/picnics/swims with the family. The engine has behaved fine with the new filter--plan to change it again before heading down east. The mooring pennant jumped out of the chock a week ago and roughed up some of the woodwork but I did a bit of a sand & paint job. Other projects, freshen paint below. Get & install LED tricolor & anchor light. Install Deck light. Repair lock tongue. Dabs of paint here & there. Check prop & clean before heading East. Re-rig lazy jacks to be able to run them fwd. N.W. is generally in fine shape.

As of late the following winter, the to-do list in this entry is partly done. I have re-painted much of the cabin white paint, installed the replacement deck light, the lock tongue, cleaned the prop. I still need to get LEDs for the masthead lights, re-rig the lazy jacks and do various other bits of bosunry.