First sail of the season in the books! It was a spectacular Winter day when we left the dock to sail to Molly Malone's and a spectacular Spring day when we returned. Marty, Rick and Jack sailed on Ceol na Mara and Alli and I sailed on Redwing. We left the dock about 11, passed the BYC frostbite fleet of Flying Scots, and sailed on one tack down to Bay Shore. After some corned beef and cabbage at Molly Malone's - we were the first boats of 2010 - we headed back and arrived home around 5. What a great day. Sitting at Molly Malone's was nice; it's always very cool to arrive anywhere by sail boat. And I got a sun burn on my starboard side from eating lunch outside. Well worth it.And in other news:
Over the winter I got an email from a guy doing some research about his own Redwing: Alan, in Nova Scotia, just bought Redwing's sister, Exploit, hull #136. How exciting is that? I love the name Exploit! And it's always very interesting to see pictures of another Redwing, but to see pictures and talk to the guy who has the actual boat built right before us is really too cool for words. I'm very much looking forward to reading about Exploit's travels.
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Long time no post. Nice to see you back on the air. Your sail to Molly Malone's made me jealous. My boat, an O'day 20, is under wraps until May. Hope to have her in the water by Memorial Day.
You are way ahead of me.
But I did get a lot of work done on Carina this past weekend. i hope to get her in the water in mid April.
Sounds like a great day. Gives me additional motivation to get my work done so we can get out too. I followed your lead (as always) and started a blog ( http://redwingexploits.blogspot.com/ ). Not as interesting a story as yours, but we're working on it. Appreciate your sharing!
Thanks, men!
Believe me, I have miles of sanding and varnishing to go before I sleep, but it's only because we left the boat in the water this winter that we were able to get out. We got a lucky break!
Next week I'm on vacation and if it's dry and warm enough we'll be getting to that teak.
I can't wait to read the Exploit blog! My mojo for blogging comes and goes. Between the facebook page and the bog, it's a lot of online presence to maintain. I find the facebook to be better with smaller updates (and it serves as a great online photo album), and the blog to be better for explanations.
Thats what I figured; you left the boat in. But then I started thinking that the bottom would be too fouled to sail.
"But then I started thinking that the bottom would be too fouled to sail."
I find very little growth on the bottom during the winter. I think the worst of it occurs during the warm, sunny summer months. (With good bottom paint and regular sailing, it's not even a problem then.)
Glad you enjoyed the day. Sounds fun.
As for your fellow Redwing owner, it is a wonderful thing to talk to someone who has the same boat as you. Many things can be shared and learned. We frequently visit the Pearson 35 website. People document all their projects and boat history. Hope married life is treating you well.
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