It's been blowing between 20-30k for a few days now. Lots of folks are waiting in the anchorage for a break to dash across the sea and begin their journey south. Up north this amount of wind wouldn't necessarily be a deal breaker, but here the sea kicks up and makes traveling like being in a washing machine. Not anywhere I would go voluntarily.
Jeff just drove into the driveway after working alone on the boat again today. He's been reinstalling the autopilot and single sideband radio and I have been sewing. Today I finished 8 fender covers made out of terry cloth and sunbrella. Yesterday I finished the compass/binnacle cover. I also made an envelope type cover with sunbrella on the top and phiferfex on the bottom to store our dock lines when they aren't in use. I think that finishes up the major sewing projects for me this season. If I have time I'll make some pockets to hold winch handles, the hand held VHF, etc.
Jeff says the rigger came back this afternoon and has the parts ready, so tomorrow it's back up the stick for another try. Sure would be nice to have that finished. We also checked on the dinghy chaps and Lucy was working on them as we arrived. Looks like she is doing a good job and we hope to have them by tomorrow. Her estimate of one week turned into two, but we expected that so it's ok. Hopefully her estimate of $120 will be accurate.
Well, it's time to make shrimp tacos and call it a night. It's only 6:15 but its dark as a tomb outside. Funny how tired we get - we fall into bed around 8:30 and try to read a bit before lights out.
That's it for now.
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Just wondering if anybody is reading this because we haven't seen any comments.
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So cool to look up and see wild horses roaming through the work yard yesterday. This morning on our drive from the house to the yard we saw four of them walking along the beach. Pretty neat.
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