Hey, there's a blog post coming! No really. I just need to add pictures for those that don't really read the blog. Visuals. It's all about the visuals.
So we are wrapping up our season and our boat. Never stored a boat in the tropics before. Last time we stored the boat I had a tarp over it to keep the snow off and anti-freeze in the plumbing to keep it from exploding. This will be different. I imagine coming back to find snakes and poisonous spiders living in the hull and a thick layer of black mold over everything. Maybe a monkey family in the rigging.
This will be an extended storage because of a granddaughter arriving in December. We will endure a Rochester NY winter until January. Was hoping to avoid this but what the hell I was hoping to avoid Erie Pennsylvania for the rest of my life too but I seem to keep driving through it.
(explanation: I swore never to see Erie again after driving through snow storms every winter taking the girls to hockey tournaments. Heading south from Rochester it's better to go to Erie 1st and then go south to avoid DC, so I keep returning to that horrid little town it seems)
So here we go. Two weeks left in paradise and we still have a ton of work to do. We are still on a mooring and heading for a slip this Monday for the final week. Once we are hauled we will finalize a few things like a freshwater flush of the engine and the cleaning of the anchor chain. We will toss a few tarps on her and fly away.
We are sad to leave our home on the hard and racking up the yard dollars but we are pretty happy to be seeing family again after a year away. It's all good.
Cheers,
P
So we are wrapping up our season and our boat. Never stored a boat in the tropics before. Last time we stored the boat I had a tarp over it to keep the snow off and anti-freeze in the plumbing to keep it from exploding. This will be different. I imagine coming back to find snakes and poisonous spiders living in the hull and a thick layer of black mold over everything. Maybe a monkey family in the rigging.
This will be an extended storage because of a granddaughter arriving in December. We will endure a Rochester NY winter until January. Was hoping to avoid this but what the hell I was hoping to avoid Erie Pennsylvania for the rest of my life too but I seem to keep driving through it.
(explanation: I swore never to see Erie again after driving through snow storms every winter taking the girls to hockey tournaments. Heading south from Rochester it's better to go to Erie 1st and then go south to avoid DC, so I keep returning to that horrid little town it seems)
So here we go. Two weeks left in paradise and we still have a ton of work to do. We are still on a mooring and heading for a slip this Monday for the final week. Once we are hauled we will finalize a few things like a freshwater flush of the engine and the cleaning of the anchor chain. We will toss a few tarps on her and fly away.
We are sad to leave our home on the hard and racking up the yard dollars but we are pretty happy to be seeing family again after a year away. It's all good.
Cheers,
P
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Who needs pictures. I read each and every word :-) I think finding a monkey family in the rigging would be okay, but snakes would be horrifying.
ReplyDeleteSnakes - OMG, Debra would fly home and never board the boat again! Monkeys would be fun for a day. Post some photos, maybe get one on your shoulder eating a mango. All good fun until it was time to leave and then they bite your face and shit on your boat. Monkeys.
DeleteThanks for sticking around through the dry spells.
I read everything, too. You write, I read. It's kind of like a contract. In fact, sometimes I think too many photos just encourages people to be lazy. Maybe I should try posting just words, no photos. See how many people would stick around. OK, well I'm sorry you are on the hard for awhile, but it does encourage me that you are going home to visit family, even if you have to survive a winter on land. You'll soon be giving a new baby lots of snugs!
ReplyDelete:) A year away from family was too long. We will figure out the right balance over the next few seasons. Thanks for reading and being patient with my writers block. I guess that's what it is. Maybe we're just boring.
DeleteLess talk, more pics! Or should I say - more action. 2 weeks left and I am sure the TO DO lists are long. At least you have SOCA music to work to. Bahahahahaha. You two will get it all done and it will all be fine. If you do end up with mold, snakes, monkeys and such, you can simply do a renaming ceremony - The Moldy Ark!
ReplyDeleteAt least we got all the deck work done before the weekend SOCA, rap music starts on the party boats. It will drive you mad because the music repeats with every trip.
DeleteLet's hope the tropics are kind to our home.
P
SV Moldy Ark