Man! This cold weather is really hanging on! This time we have had a few inches of snow. It is CHILLY!! As I mentioned in previous blog entries, we are not motivated to work on Anastasia in cold weather. However, we are making progress at the house.

Anastasia's previous owner did a charity sail for breast cancer research. It is great to know that she was involved in such a great cause. Check out the photo below of her underway during the trip.



Unlucky for us however are the left over sponsor stickers plastered all over the main and staysail. On BOTH sides of each! We are all for breast cancer awareness and research as it has touched our family. But, we like clean white sails. So this was our job for the past three days. We lit the fireplace, stocked the wood pile and spread the sails out in the kitchen floor.



After hours and hours of peeling, heating, scraping, scrubbing, more peeling and finally more scrubbing, I can make this statement to you. I, Jennifer Williamson, do solemnly swear to NEVER EVER place a sticker on a sail unless I believe that it will NEVER be removed.



This was not one of the more enjoyable jobs to do. Some letters would peel off in one or two pieces. Others were so brittle that they had already broken up into tiny little pieces like a mosaic but still remained firmly glued to the surface. Once removed they usually left a gooey gluey residue behind that we either saturated and scrubbed with goo gone or doused with talcum powder.

We now, after much work, have clean white sails ready to be filled with a spring breeze! Today marks 3 weeks of ownership and I can see the light! In a small amount of time we have moved mountains. Anastasia will be back in the water in no time at all!