After traveling for a couple of days I decided to look at this blog to see where I left off. Perfect! Kingston, NY - that's where we are today! Preparing for mast stepping.
Last Tuesday we made one last trip to the grocery store, other errands, finished blocking up our trusty car and covering it (in the rain), and were on our way. From Brian and Deb's dock, what we refer to as the Pennellville Yacht Basin. It's difficult to begin the journey - have we found/done everything we had intended before leaving? I remember one year Brian had to find our battens in his attic and bring them to Albany. Thanks Brian! We only motored to Brewerton to fuel up and take on some water but it's a relief to actually have left the dock. In the past, our thoughts upon leaving were, "Will Kurd be okay for another NY winter?" The last few years we tried to put him inside so he wouldn't sit on the end of the dock watching us leave. Sadly, Kurd was not there to follow us around, help with projects, warm our laps, or see us off. His 9 lives and 17 years were up. His presence was sorely missed.
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| Kurd on the table. |
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| Kurd on Persephone |
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| Kurd helping with projects. |
When we arrived in Brewerton we received a phone call and found out that our friends, Bill and Nita from Isle of Palms, SC were on their boat .25 mile from where we left from! They were at Pirate's Cove Marina enjoying the hospitality of Patti and Paul White. Bill and Nita borrowed the car, picked us up and we had a splendid evening of boat stories while dining out. Bill and Nita have been traveling from the Chesapeake area since the beginning of spring and are leaving their boat up here in storage for the winter and will be back to continue their voyage next spring.
Onto Oneida Lake the next morning for another short day - to Sylvan Beach. Mike and Liz live nearby at Callahan's Marina and joined us for dinner and our first apple pie of the season.
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| Pie Art by Jerry |
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| Mike and Liz at Sylvan Beach. |
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Two wet days on the Erie to Waterford, NY. The beginning of the Erie Canal.
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| Here we are on the Erie. I'm modeling my foul weather grocery bag boots on the bow between rain clouds. |
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| Not exactly yacht status but we kept dry with a green tarp rigged over the cockpit. |
The mast is up as of Tuesday afternoon. We're waiting to see what impact Hurricane Michael has. Probably leaving Friday for Sandy Hook.
While Jerry spent the summer working on cars I was sewing:
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| My second stack pack or should I say Pakk Pack. This one is lined with Dacron and should not need another boot to cover up the front of the sail. It is supposed to lace up when not in use. I'll let you know! |
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| The entire boat has new upholstery! This is how it looks. If you came aboard right now it doesn't look like this - I found some sacrificial upholstery fabric to cover the new upholstery from our grimy fingers. |
