In the water 24/7
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:04 pm
Since I bought Happy Place, I have had it at on the trailer at a dry dock marina. I liked the fact it was stored dry with the mast up and rigged ready to go. The first mate or kids and I could hook it to the truck and splash it in minutes. Now the kids are done and our work schedules have made going for the afternoon and weekend sail harder, since it takes 2 to launch and retrieve Happy Place. Then we got a RV too....Last year we only got out sailing once, and since I was paying for the whole year, that was an very expensive day sail!
In the fall we brought Happy Place home and stored her in the yard for free.
Hudson WI has a morning field off the dike on the St. Croix River. I had always wondered what the ware and tear would be having the boat in the water 24/7 tied to a buoy? How bad would the bottom get with crud? How hard was it to get a buoy, there is a drawing for the buoys every spring? How much would it cost?
As it works out, I was able to get a buoy the first year I tried, and it's half the price that I was paying for the dry dock.
I'm looking forward to the opportunity to stop off on the way home from work, on a weekday afternoon, and go for a nice little solo sail.
The hope is that the arraignment will give us the opportunity to use Happy Place more.
After all a sailboat is not happy unless it's getting used.
...can't wait for the ice to go out!
In the fall we brought Happy Place home and stored her in the yard for free.
Hudson WI has a morning field off the dike on the St. Croix River. I had always wondered what the ware and tear would be having the boat in the water 24/7 tied to a buoy? How bad would the bottom get with crud? How hard was it to get a buoy, there is a drawing for the buoys every spring? How much would it cost?
As it works out, I was able to get a buoy the first year I tried, and it's half the price that I was paying for the dry dock.
I'm looking forward to the opportunity to stop off on the way home from work, on a weekday afternoon, and go for a nice little solo sail.
The hope is that the arraignment will give us the opportunity to use Happy Place more.
After all a sailboat is not happy unless it's getting used.
...can't wait for the ice to go out!