Yard Sailing
By Mike Jastrzebski
Roughdraft is in the yard for a bottom job and and so I can pull the shaft and replace the hose that connects the shaft stuffing box to the boat. Because of the cracked hose we had to have Tow Boat/US tow us to the yard. We are also still having some problems with water in the fuel tank so I need to remove the gas that’s in the tank and replace it before we can go back into the water. In the meantime Mary is busy organizing the boat. There is never enough room for everything on a 36 foot boat so I don’t envy her, I just appreciate her.
We’re staying on the boat while it’s in the yard and the biggest hardships are getting our dog, Belle, down for her walks and getting down to the yard bathroom. We’re the only ones staying on their boats so in the evenings when we take the dog for her walk it’s like wandering through a concrete island filled with ghost boats.
It looks like we’ll be here for about two weeks and we don’t have internet coverage in the yard so if you have any comments and don’t hear from me right away, it’s not that I’m ignoring you, I will respond, it just might be a week or so.
I will say this, we’re looking forward to getting back in the water and going cruising. If you’re already out there wandering the seas, drop us a note with your names and the name of your boat and we’ll look for you and say hello if we meet up.
