It looks like Zimmerman's may be able to deal with the swing keel so Duncan and I are delivering the boat to their location at Herrington Harbor on Sunday the 9th. I'll head back down Monday evening to be there when the boat is hauled early Tuesday morning. They'll look at the keel and prepare and estimate.
Because I have a favor I promised to do, we're getting a late start on Tuesday. The "plan", if one can call it that, is to make a loop ride out West clockwise around so we can be back in time to make it to the Wednesday night fire.
Cold, Windy, Sunny. First sail of 2025. Bruce's first time on the biat.
An ad-hoc solo trip
Tracking worked flawlessly.
I don't move enough and to address that my intention has been to ride the bicycle more. Since it's nearly 60 degree Fahrenheit outside, there's no time like the present. I'm still facing some issues with tracking halting in the app for reasons I don't understand. This is a new problem coincident with the latest component upgrades. Chasing side effects because of "upgrades" to components I rely upon is a relentless chore.
The car has not been run in way too long.
The first non-delivery multi-day sail on Will Sea.
Ann's first time on the boat.
This was a very good day.
It was a gorgeous fall day and it's been too long since I've ridden, so ...
There won't be much wind to speak of but the weather is gorgeous so we're going to head out onto the bay for a few hours.
I changed out the 15w40 oil for SAE30 CD and needed to run the engine under load for a while as a test. Duncan graciously joined me.
This will be the first time I've taken out Will Sea without an experienced captain on board.