So our plane was delayed a little last night (as usual), but we did get to Charleston by 10:30, and back to Bob's house shortly after 11. We took the opportunity to sample some new gins, and then we turned in, knowing we had some things to accomplish today.
We started the day at Grit Box Fitness, where Cody took us through a grueling kickboxing class, and we met up with an old Waffler favorite, Clive Greaves, for brunch at the Blue Rose. The food was excellent, and one item of note were the blonde Bloody Marys, which I heard were good, although I did not personally sample them myself.
The afternoon found us on the Black Dog to perform some simple tasks, which involved Bill and I hauling Bob up the mast in a bosun's chair. The jib halyard needed to be rethreaded at the top of the mast, as well as smaller lines for the radar reflector and flags. We also needed to have a look at the mount for the radar dome, so we can see about removing the inoperable radar dome, and mounting the working one there ( as opposed to where it is currently mounted).
Another task was to replace the jib sheet, but after looking things over, we made a decision that the jib halyard also needed to be replaced before it failed. This resulted in a trip to West Marine (no one who really knows us will be surprised by this).
We had a nice dinner at Bob's house (joined by Ronda, his most patient spouse), and talked about some long range goals over cocktails. More on that later.
Tomorrow will be another busy day with a boat related sewing project, and replacing lines on the boat. But it will all be worth it when we get underway.
1 comment:
Very interesting blog, and great pictures Jay! Looking forward to more adventures of "the Wafflers".
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