Tuesday, February 22, 2011
I can feel the swell building and coming around the island, just enough to be noticeable. Windguru says 3.4 meter swell but at a 13 second period so sailing should be good but anchoring on the north side is going to be very uncomfortable, even for catamarans. I made bacon & eggs for breakfast this morning and once again almost had a coronary when the smoke detector went off while I was making the bacon crispy. This happens every time I make bacon so I should make it part of my breakfast preparations to remove the smoke detector and put it into the cockpit before firing up the stove top. And then, 30 seconds after the main cabin alarm goes off, the aft cabin one bleeps as well, I should close that door when cooking, too! Then I attacked the task of removing everything from the forward sail locker, cleaning the locker and reattaching the light (which had broken and I had to jury rig a new switch). The storm sail and asymmetric genaker were aired and dried and then put back, plus some of the long-term storage items in Peli cases fit on the bottom layer of the locker, which has lots of space now that the two inflatable dinghies are no more. Towards late afternoon I got lazy and my pace slowed down to next to nothing, and around 5:30 I took another swim, hopped in the shower, shaved and put on one of my best T-Shirts and motored the dinghy across the North Sound to see my friends at Leverick and catch part of the Happy ‘Arrr show by Michael. I did talk with a couple that is professional crew (aboard the Neckar Belle) and got some excellent tips on maintenance work savers (particularly stainless steel) and boat selection.
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