Marlene Anne Sassaman's Blog – September 2012 Archive (4)

After too many days doing and redoing SPRAY and I are following the cruiser's code. "Go when we are ready!" So it was at 1 pm this afternoon the lines were untied and we had a 100% dry ride halfway home.

We are anchored under a full moon about 20miles north of our home dock. After getting some yuck on the s/b float in the locks I am reticent about getting into my slip alone. The plan is to anchor.out then dinghy in so.I.can.sort the dock.lines to.be certain I cannot capture them.with the… Continue

Convinced I should launch SPRAY despite feelings of a poorly executed sealing job, there was a feeling of relief when she stayed dry upon her initial splash. For the next three hours the repaired sections stayed bone dry. Eventually I drifted off to a light sleep but easily woke up while shifting positions. With a bit of hesitation I checked the propellar shaft area and noted only a teensy bit of water entered during the night. Replacing the properllar shaft, by a workman at the yard,  was…

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Well, well, well, for two days I have been practicing how to screw. Now, don't get the wrong idea. All of this screwing has to do with adhering two wooden disks designed to cover and seal out water from the center board's swivel pin. First, the 4 disks had to be epoxied. If you saw my epoxy work you would know that goo went mostly in places other than on the disks. Consider that one of the disks had to be put on in a narrowing compartment barely 3 inches wide where the bottom screw goes.…

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Read his.book Gypsy Moths solo circumnavigation. At first it was inspirational. As I experience the preporation for.my trip I feel.the.emotionl stress he too endured. Yet press on we shall.
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