We just returned from a bountiful feast at sister Patty's and are forced to resume work on the boat. The autopilot is the latest project and it looks like that will be mounted by the days end. We've been playing hooky some this weekend due to all the activity at the club and the presence of so many other club members being around. We've made so many nice friends and acquaintances here that we will surely miss them as we travel. Our first overnight trip will be a quick run to the west on Lake Erie to Grande River to have the lifelines replaces which we had planned to do right along. The wear and tear is not always obvious and ours are over 20 years old. This will also give us a chance to put the other systems through some testing.
We finally got some sailing in this weekend too. Saturday was our first sail of the season and in looking back through old log books it appears that we have been out of the sport for over 9 months! We felt rusty and the boat felt sluggish (must be all the extra stuff on board). Yesterday's sail was much better and we felt ourselves falling back into our familiar routines. We found Louis out there on his Blue Nose and performed the traditional first crossing of paths which includes the tossing of shelled peanuts at the other vessel!
Final Departure remains listed as : TBA
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