Sanding on Father's Day

Ask a wanna be sailor what he would like to do on Father's Day? Answer: "Sand the boat". Jim spent a better part of the day sanding, filling and patching screw holes on the cabin top. I cut out one by one squares of fiberglass for the patching. It is very exciting , every time he works on the boat one step closer to getting on the water...

Sanding the cabin

Filling screw holes

Fueling the Dream

Dreams need to be fed. Thoughts, visions , hoping , dreaming is nice.. however once in awhile a good shot of reality fueling that dream is needed. An email came across one day announcing a sailing trip to Greece. Ummm, Greece.. that sounds like an adventure. The  planning and serious dreaming began. Not only did we get to sail in Greece we got to sail with an awesome crew and a wonderful talented Captain. I think it is important to have good people around you with the same aspirations , it  gives you the confidence to continue the passion of following your dream. Returning home we have wonderful memories of a far off place we never knew we would visit, which makes it more special. The dream has once again been fueled. As I sit writing this I look at our boat in the back yard.. all the work and time ahead to get her on the water seems just a bit easier, and more doable.

Sailing in Greece

The Dream Lives on!

Sunset in Solomans

The dream of sailing to far off lands ; Sailing in local waters on our "Newell Cadet" is still alive and kicking. Last week while picking up a repaired sail from our daysailer " Lil`Bit and dropping off our new "old" sails at Quantum Sails in Soloman's Island we were pleasantly surprised to learn that the sails we brought from our `64 Cheoy Lee "Spry" , were made by Clark under a different companies name. He knew our sails! He knew of our boat! We were all so surprised. On top of that Clark sails with a friend who owned our boat 28 years or so earlier! What are the chances of that? Very exciting. Now we can get some in depth history on our boat. We look forward to contacting the former owner of Spry.
 In the mean time Spry is waiting for spring as anxiously as we are. Waiting for the weather to break so we can get back on her to get her ready for the marina. While in Soloman's we also had a meeting with Zanhisers marina to get the low down on getting the boat there to power her up and get the rigging etc installed. There is light at the end of the "dream" tunnel.