Friday July 15th; 7am; light wind(3-5 kts); moderate temps (+/_ 70); heading west to Grand river and Fairport harbor. The wind never did grow and we motored the entire trip (58 miles) to the Grande River and Fairport Harbour area. The plan "was" to moor for free at John Dur's store and have some work done on the boat while we layed over... There were no slips available there, or at the GRYC, so we were forced to tie up at the marina. It was hot, humid and noisey! The boat work didn't get done either.
We did have the pleasure of granddaughter Megan on Friday night and grandson Jared on Saturday night. We watched a championship baseball game on saturday afternoon and ate plentifully all weekend. Sunday was a difficult ride from fairport to geneva with kids and friends and no wind, again... After the drop off we continued on to Ashtabula.
Monday = Ashtabula to Erie...sail, then motor, then sail , then thunder..lightening..light rain..motor...sail...motor...sunshine... AND THEN THE MAN EATING FLIES!! we really need our bug guy. Clay,are you?
Shake-down? oh, yeah. the boat. The main issues continue to be the unfinished installation of electronic equipment and the lack of storage space...we'll get to that asap. I vow to rid our vessel of 50 pounds of stuff or 50 items by friday!! Jim vows to finish the wiring, right Jim? We cannot function with the current load... seriously, the boat and the sailing/navigating parts are not an issue. Tentative Bon Voyage = Friday July 22, 2011
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