Middle Watch Musings
• Apr. 11, 2008 - Getting Ready to Go!
Plumper, my one gun sloop, is once again high and dry. I hauled it out last week to change the zincs, clean up the bottom and get a survey done for the insurance folks. There are a few blisters in the glass on the keel that I will attend to in the fall, but other than that she is ready for "Adventure West Coast", this year's plan. We gave the sails a birthday over the winter, and they all had a visit to UK Sails where Sharon did her magic. They should be good for another few thousand miles anyway. I changed the leaky fuel hose from a copper pipe to a proper fuel line and replaced the sight glass with a new one. The engine room looks like new.
So what is the plan? Hopefully I will be taking Plumper up the west coast of the island with my Dad. The rough idea is to leave in early June and sail up to where the fishing is good. My brother may join us for a portion of the trip as well. We'll take our time exploring the west coast inlets and fishing, working our way north to Port Hardy. Once there, Nancy will drive up and jump on board, and my Dad wil take the car back down to Victoria. Nancy and I will continue north again.
There are a couple bailout options. If the west coast is miserable, and we don't want to venture north of the Brooks Penninsula, we'll come back down to Victoria and Nancy and Dad will change around. If the north coast looks like another wet summer, Nancy and I will sail around to the inside passage and spend July and August in warmer waters.
The key, of course, is flexibility; we don't have to be anywhere, ever! That is real flexibility.
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• Apr. 15, 2008 - narrative
Regards,
Chris Ackerman