First Pump Out and Weather Woes

We all know what they say about the best laid plans, right?  Well, after over two weeks of unseasonable cold, rain, and gloom, the forecast finally called for a day without even the threat of rain.  It looked like the best forecast we’ve seen so far since we started sailing our boat.  We made plans to do our desperately needed first pump out followed by some casual sailing.  The weather, however, had different plans.

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Shakedown… sail-ish?

Having finally finished all of our critical boat work and spring cleaning, the time finally came to take our boat out for the first time this season.  In our case, this would also be our very first “shakedown sail”, which we’ve been looking forward to for a while.  Unfortunately, the weather had other plans.

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