Thanksgiving 2007

What a beautiful day today was. The weather was so nice, I figured it would be a good time to finish the end of season process and put the winter cockpit cover on her (Carina). Here is a before and after of her sitting in her winter resting place and one of the marina (Lankford Bay) with most of the boats out of the water.

As today is Thanksgiving, I guess it is appropriate to acknowledge that I very much appreciate and am grateful all all that I have. While this year didn't quite go as I was expecting it, none the less it was a good year and I am looking forward to many more to come and with some luck they will be cruising throughout the Caribbean.

That Time Of The Year

The time has come once again to get Carina ready to hibernate for the winter as we will not be able to make the sunny south/Caribbean this year. Went this weekend and started getting her ready to come out; changed oil, winterized fresh water systems, took the sails down, topped off fuel and added stabilizer, etc.

While doing the A/C unit, I found one of the hose connections was very much corroded and broke as I started to open it (literally in my hands). Luck was on my side toady as if it could have broken while unattended; it would have been a direct inlet for seawater to enter the boat (not good). Took a ride to the local hardware store and it was fixed for less than $11.00. Bought a lottery ticket, but didn't win, guess my luck for the day was used in detecting the potential problem before it resulted in catastrophe.

Now the only thing left is for the marina to pull her out for her resting place on the hard until next spring.