Woke this morning to the fairway frozen over with thin ice! The good news, it is 10 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday and is suppose to get near to 40 today!

Arrived back on board on Sunday, parts for engine and windlass arrived on Monday. Since then I have made good progress on the commissioning list, windlass now works, engine runs, gear is stored so given a warm day or two to melt the ice off the decks and a weather window Malaya will get underway.

Still a couple of projects to do on deck, a sail slide or two needs to be replaced on the mainsail, I need to go up the mast to replace the vhf antenna and inspect the spreader tips and rig on the way down. Also need to check water and fuel levels.

Our weather here was considerably better than Atlanta's but still we got a 1/4" of ice with 2"+ off sleet on top of it. whole mess is frozen together on the side decks and cabin top. Needless to say it is very hazardous to walk on. So I won't even try. I tried to remove some of it yesterday without much luck, Maybe today when it warms up some I can clear the decks, we shall see.

Hopefully the decks will clear and the weather window predicted for Monday will hold, the work gets done on the mast and I can get underway on Sunday for Beaufort Town Docks and get underway early Monday and make Charleston, SC before the winds swing south for the next front on Wednesday.

Stay warm everyone where ever you are!