I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post. With a new job, I haven't got a lot done of BELLE recently, but there's been at least some progress:
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| I picked up a Load Rite trailer from the nice folks at B&D Marine this morning and loaded up BELLE for the short trip back to the house. For the last month she's been luxuriating in a fine storage shed at the boatyard, but from now on she'll have to sleep rough under a tarp in my back yard. I was pleased to note that the ol' Subaru (197K miles, going strong, knock on metal) seemed to have no problem towing BELLE, even up a fairly steep hill between the shop and the house. The 2x4 sticking out of the window is destined to be the ridge pole of the boat cover. |
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| Here she is parked back at the ranch. Home at last! I'll be able to raise the mast and do final rigging right here in the yard. The weather is supposed to be very nice the next few days, I'm going to try to take advantage and get a lot done. At some point I'll roll the boat into the driveway, lay down a tarp, and do the bottom paint too. |
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| The other thing I got done is driving down to Bohndell Sails in Rockport to pick up the sails. Here's a photo of the sailbag in the boat, just for fun. I'll be rigging them on the spars shortly. Last weekend I spread them out on the lawn to take a quick look, and I must say they look very good. This is the second set of sails I've ordered from them, about 10 years ago I also ordered sails for my Joel White Pooduck Skiff from Bohndell. They seemed to hold up well and sail well, so I went back to them for BELLE. (They don't seem to have a web site, but their address/phone/email is available through Google.) |
The warm weather we've been having this year (the "new normal"?) has got me thinking about getting out on the water about a month sooner than usual. Just a bit more work, and I'll be there. I'll post photos of the rigging process, so stay tuned.
Bye for now.
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