Juno's Journey

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Back to Civilization

We are back in the United States, and our trip has come to an
end. In a few days we are going to haul out the boat and put her in a
boat yard. In a few weeks we will be back in Tallahassee, with school
about to start. We have a lot of work to do though, and we have been
very busy in the few days we have been here. So far we have cleaned a
good deal, changed the oil in the engine, replaced the broken lazyjacks,
done the laundry, taken down and cleaned the harnesses, tethers, and
jacklines, and replaced a defective pulley at the masthead. We still
have to preserve the watermaker, put antifreeze in the water tanks, stow
everything on deck, clean the bottom, finish the cosmetic work, take
down the sails, and remove the wind generator blades. Some of this we
will do in the water, some we will do in the yard, but the coming days
are going to be full of hard work.
--Orion Date

Monday, June 27, 2011

Deltaville

Well, we're at the end of the trip now. In Deltaville, Virginia. Now we are ready to start winterizing the boat. Today we worked on the mainsail (to be precise, we tucked it under the sail cover) cleaned the safety gear, and bought supplies. Before we go on the hard, we have to take down all the sails. You see, if a sail accidentally deployed when you are in the water, you would simply drag your anchor. If it deployed when you are hauled out, it would be a disaster. All the boats would fall like dominoes, damaging them all. So, the boatyard wants us to take down all our sails so prevent something very bad from happening. It looks we have a lot of work ahead of us.

--By Rigel