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2004 Sailing Digest
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This is a new feature for 2004. On
this page, I will detail, to an extent, a sort of daily vessel log,
including brief outings, maintenance, and short sailing
descriptions. I intend this to be a way to keep track of my
sailing and maintenance days, in a format that will be easy to maintain
and read. From time to time, as conditions dictate, I will
continue to post more detailed sailing and cruising logs, but I thought
it would be interesting for you--and me--to see, come the end of the
season, how many days I made it out to the boat, and what I did on those
days. We'll see how it all goes! All times listed in the
entries are approximate.
Newest
entries are at the top of the page.
Click here to go to the beginning of
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June 30, 2004 | Sail
Nice sail with my mom. The weather was beautiful, and the breeze was
pleasant--westerly, ranging from near 0 to as high as 15+, but mostly
averaging around 10-12 knots or so. The bay was empty, as usual.
On board: 0915-1315
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June 28, 2004 | Sail
A very pleasant light-air sail. Since I
had been away for 4 days, I had a lot of catching up to do in the other
aspects of my life, so I kept the sail relatively short. But not
going out was simply not an option--so I went sailing
regardless. We're hoping, weather permitting, for a good
cruise over the 4th weekend.
On board: 0915-1215
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June 23, 2004 | Sail
Full log posted. Click
here to read it.
On board: 1000-1615
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June 21, 2004 | Uneventful Boat Visit
I got to the boat late, and had hoped for a quick sail. However, the
winds were gusting strongly--or not at all, seemingly--which would have
made for a less-desirable sort of sail than that which I had been lusting
after all day. Instead, I installed some new door latches on a
couple of pesky cabinet doors that kept opening at random times
(annoying!), and took care of a few other minor things that I forget
now. Of course, it's always nice to be on the boat!
On board: 1400-1630
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June 17, 2004 | Maintenance
 A
combination of salt spray, general grime (please salute), black acid rain
residue, and copious amounts of white pine pollen had conspired to turn Glissando
into a horrific mess (or at least so it seemed to her picky
captain). I hadn't had the boat into the dock for a washdown for the
entire season; we had so much rain early in the year that she stayed
pretty clean, but now it was time. On a beautiful, flat calm
morning, I took her to the dock at PYC and spent an hour or so washing the
decks, brightwork, canvas, etc. I also washed the hull. I like
a clean boat! [Another
Picture]
There was nary a breath of wind, so I
decided to charge the batteries by motoring around the anchorage a bit, as
it was just too nice to call it quits so early. I motored around and
checked out the local Triton population, which was a measly total of only
5, including Glissando. This is down two or three from only a
couple years ago. I passed a family
of ducks swimming about; they always crack me up, particularly when
there is one duckling who tends to lag behind and then constantly plays
"hurry up" to get back in line!
Back at the mooring, I spent a little time
installing (or trying to install) some new cabinet door catches. For
whatever reason, the catch I had had on the head locker doors (above the
toilet) had failed, and the doors annoyingly would swing open under
sail--and even just at the mooring. I found I needed a spacer in
order to properly install the catch here, but I did get a new catch
installed on one of the settee back lockers, which had never worked
properly before. I was tempted to just stay on board, wind or no
wind, but in the end I decided that I had too many other things to do, so
I reluctantly headed ashore.
On board: 0915-1215
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June 16, 2004 | Sail
An absolutely perfect day. Sun, upper 70s, and pleasing southerly
breezes. I took the opportunity to sail out through Hussey Sound and
around outside, and enjoyed a terrific beat out through the sound. I
had planned to sail back in through the Portland Ship Channel, but the
wind became fluky, so I headed in through Whitehead Passage instead.
A lovely sail by all accounts, in winds ranging from near calm (briefly)
to as high as 18 true. Winds were generally in the 10-14 knot range,
though.
Click here for
some images from the day.
On board: 0900-1500
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June 14, 2004 | Shoreside Boat Check
All appeared OK from shore.
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June 12, 2004 | Sail
Another gorgeous, perfect summer day. This was Heidi's first
sail of the year, and it was a great one. A NNW breeze in the
morning gave way to an onshore seabreeze (up to 20 knots true) in the
early afternoon, all of which made for pleasing sailing conditions.
After a very nice and relaxing--if ultimately uneventful--sail, we
returned to the mooring for a couple hours' relaxation before returning
home in the evening.
On board: 1145-1730
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June 11, 2004 | Sail
It was a glorious, almost September-like day: crisp clear skies, no
clouds, and temperatures around 70. Beautiful! The winds were
northwest, ranging from 5 -15 knots steady, with some gusts over 30 (later
in the day)--a bit fluky and at times frustrating, given the constantly
shifting direction of the gusts and lulls, but nonetheless I had a
beautiful, long sail, followed by a pleasant and relaxing afternoon aboard
at the mooring. Click
here for some select images from the day.
On board: 0915-1900
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June 8, 2004 | Sail
I had one of my nicest sails of the season, enjoying 12-16 knots (true) of
wind. The temperatures were cooler than expected--after weeks of
below normal highs, it was forecast to be in the 80s--but it was durned
pleasant despite that. My sail included a very pleasant beat,
followed by a great screaming close reach in up to 22 knots apparent, then
a nice downwind run home.
On board: 0945-1345
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June 6, 2004 | Utility Visit
I went out to the boat in the morning to get some detailed measurements of
my boom and existing fittings, so that I would have all relevant
information close at hand for determining what I needed to order to
replace my gooseneck. More
on the gooseneck.
On board: 1030-1145
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June 5, 2004 | Maintenance/Sail
Full log and description posted.
Click
here to read it.
On board: 0900-1300; 1400-1600
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June 4, 2004 | Sail
Full log posted. Click
here to read it.
On board: 1100-1600
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June 3, 2004 | Shoreside Boat Check
I thought about abandoning work I should have been doing and going to the
boat when the sun broke through the morning's clouds, but settled instead
for a quick shoreside check. It was just as well, as a series of
showers and thunderstorms swept through all afternoon.
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June 1, 2004 | Brief Utility Visit
It rained in the morning, but around noon I snuck out to the boat to check
on things and to row the dinghy ashore for storage. The cockpit was
full of water (well, 2-3") from the malfunctioning scuppers, though I
would prefer that they hold water in rather than fail to hold water
out! I'm gonna have to take care of this issue soon; it's
driving me nuts. After bailing the cockpit and re-opening the
starboard scupper (which worked OK in the past; I had switched to the port
scupper over the weekend), I checked over the mooring lines (OK), bilges
(dry), and rigging (OK), bailed the dinghy, and enjoyed a long, relaxing
row to shore, where I put the dinghy in my truck and brought it
home. Picture
of the day is here.
On board: 1145-1215
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