Sailing Adventures
This page is just a placeholder at this point. No significant sailing has been done so far. The page title at this point is entirely a matter of wishful thinking.
Sea Trial
The prior owner, Joel, the surveyor, Bernie, and I took a sea trial prior to purchase. This was in 32 knots with large, steep waves. We put up full sails and sailed to windward and tacked a few times, then shortenned sail, then took down sails and checked operation under power. All went well enough but it was a brief sail. Also see Marine Survey Findings web page.
Joel took Tara (my now ex-wife) and I out for another brief sail in lighter conditions and we sailed a bit longer but still only a bit over an hour but this was entirely under sail except exiting and entering the harbor and slip.
Falmouth to Sesuit Harbor
After purchase, Wayne, Chris, Lydia, and I did a morning sail to move the boat from Falmouth to Sesuit Harbor where she was to be stored for the winter. We arrived just before sunrise and was out a bit after 7AM. We motored through the Cape Cod Canal since they do not allow boats under sail in the canal. Once in Cape Cod Bay we sailed a broad reach to just outside Sesuit Harbor, then jybed toward the harbor entrance. We took sails down just outside the entrance and motored in on a spring hide tide (a higher than normal high tide). Wind was SSW and over 25 knots the whole way.
On the hard
After that the boat has been undergoing a rennovation and so has not been sailed since. Covid-19 impeded progress though in retrospect completion by summer 2020 was not at all likely even without the delays.
Haul back to Orleans
This is not a sail but the boat was hauled back to my home in Orleans in late August 2020 after some work was completed at Richardson's Marine Services. Within a month the boat was sparking clean, brightwork sanded and the old name removed from the transom.
Hauled to Belmont
Very little progress was made in 2021 and 2022 due to getting divorced and moving to Maine.
In late fall 2022 the boat was hauled to Belmont Boat Works in Maine. Arriving perfectly clean for indoor storage, the boat sat outside open for three weeks and then was placed in part of the storage area that leaked badly and the water froze.
New home in Belfast
Having bought a new house in Belfast the carport/boatport was cleared out and cleaned in 2023. Belmont Boatworks promised to do some work over the winter but when spring came they had made no significant progress and indicated they may never find the time to do the work.
In June 2024 the boat was moved to the carport/boatport in Belfast. Since then some significant landscape projects were completed, decks on the house replaced, but little progress on the boat so far as of fall 2025.
Outlook
Hopefully the post-refit shakedown sail will happen some time in the not so distant future but the target date has been slipping.