Symphony was inspected today, surveyed in the nautical parlance. As part of getting her insured in Canada we needed a current survey so, through a miracle of scheduling (somebody else cancelled their appointment a half-hour before I called) we were able to get the survey done today! The survey was a very complete examination of all the boat's systems and required almost 6 hours and hauling the boat out of the water so the hull and underwater stuff could be inspected, too.

Fortunately, the only urgent thing that turned up on the survey was that a couple of stays needed to be replaced. Consequently, I got to climb the mast to remove them and a local rigging shop was able to make replacements immediately! Also, while the boat was out of the water for the survey, we got the bottom cleaned so we may be a little faster once we get underway again. There's some real advantages to being in an area with a lot of marine services and facilities...

The great event of the day was the arrival of Tahu Le'a! They had been over in Newport but today they returned to Wickford and a happy reunion. We're planning to sail to Nova Scotia together and the prospect of actually doing that seems a lot more real, now.

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