Up the mast
26 September 2009 | Annapolis, MD
Mike
September 22nd, 2009 Annapolis, MD
After coffee and a shower, Christy came by to transport me to the dock at Truxton Park, a trip of about 50 yards. I started my walk to West Marine and had gone about 2 blocks when Bill stopped to pick me up in his work truck. He was on his way to the same destination and knew I'd be walking. I picked up some l.e.d mast lights and a few other parts and then walked to a hardware store for some U bolts to rebuild out dinghy lift. Then it was down the street to the Dinghy Store. After paying our bill, I rode back with our fixed dinghy to Truxton Park with Freddie who converses primarily in Spanish.
Back at the boat Kathy had finished a few of the little sewing projects while the machine was still out, but still had to repair some bad stitching in the dodger.
I installed and checked our new bulbs in our mast lights and then climbed back up to the top. The light installed easily but I wanted to look at the wiring for the wind meter as well. After an hour I repaired one bad wire but it wasn't enough to make the thing work. By that time my feet were numb and it was time have Kathy lower me back down.
It took both of us to sew the dodger. Kathy driving the sewing machine, with me managing all the material and stratoglass. In an hour or so we had another necessary project finished.
Kathy packed up a load of laundry and we walked up to Skip and Gerry's condo to throw in a load. I left her there and took the dinghy to town to check for packages, stopping at "Simpatico" to tell them that they would have new neighbors tomorrow. I picked up the mail and returned to the condo just in time for snacks and a drink.
Back at the boat Kathy had one more sewing repair that we had just noticed and I added some grommets to the items that she made this morning.
We were full of snacks and skipped supper but had peanuts as we listened to the Tigers game.