Still Time gets hauled out next Sun, Oct 25.
I was hoping to get another sail or two in, but...
- Over the weekend it was blowing 25-30 knots
- Mon was cold and rainy
- Wed/Thu cold and windy with much rain
Should have gone out for a sail, but we had lots to do.
Rita started taking the canvas off:
With all the rain we have had, the mainsail in the stack pack holds much water, so we hoisted the main shaking the reef out from the last sail:
Wind was on the beam so we had to sheet the main way out.
Also unfurled the jib:
We let them dry in the wind for maybe half a hour, while Rita continue on the canvas, and I took the stack pack and lazy jacks off. Also pulled all the lines forward to the mast, and loosened all the turnbuckles on the shrouds and backstay.
Dropped the jib to the deck:
...and flaked it on the dock.
Then onto the main:
Took the battens out as we dropped it, then flaked it on the dock.
The loose footed main is lashed to the boom slug:
Going to get this fixed in the off season.
We took most of the cushions off the boat.
We motored over to the pump out dock.
Did a quick final pumpout, and removed the boom, storing it on land.
Mast came down in probably 15 minutes:
Helped a bunch of other boats take their mast down including long time sailing/hockey buddy John's brother Mike who is wintering his CS30 called Black Magic at WYC this year.
Spent some time cleaning up Still Time's mast on the lawn. Will move to the mast racks maybe on the weekend.
Getting out of Still Time's slip was a challenge with the water levels.
Depth sounder said I had 5ft of water at the slip (Still Time draws 4.5ft).
Had to plow through the mud to get out of the slip.
Keel tracks on the bottom.
The rudder was clear of the bottom.
Other than removing the rear bimini frame and the outboard, Still Time is ready for haulout.
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