Weather: Sunny and warm. Winds: Usually calm but occasionally 5-10 up-channel in the morning, 5-10 down-channel in the evening. Seas: <1ft or nil.
Just great days spent playing in the salt and fresh water, eating, drinking, doing a few projects, teaching kids to do cannonballs and sliders. On one of the days, Freestyle went to Refuge to pick up a guest, another friend of their daughter. This friend was very gregarious and reminded me of the energizer bunny. Out of the water, fall back in, climb back out, fall back in...over and over.
She is also an observer. At one point she said, "I don't get it." Pointing at RT and me, "How are you two friends?" RT and I do have different personalities, one more somber, the other more...lets just say Peter Pan and he are well acquainted. I looked at her and said, "Its because we are both assholes. Have been for the time we've known each other. We just know how to put up with each other's assholeness." The look on her face was priceless.
There was only one break in the weather and it was minor. Saw clouds moving in from the west one afternoon. Checked the barometer and it had hardly moved down. So, a weak front. It passed through the night leaving a couple of raindrops behind.
Projects
Cleaned the cockpit and brushed the mung off the hull. Laundered bedding.
Replaced original, narrow gauge antenna wire with heavy duty 1/2in wire. The combination of new radio and wire provided at least 18nm two way conversation. Picked up transmissions from 35nm distance.
After the too short mess from the other day, remade new dyneema backstays and replaced the stainless steel backstays using Colligo fittings. Lost 22 pounds with the swap!
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