31 Mar 2021, Preparing for Splash Date, 38 46.308 N/ 076 33.762 W
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We arrived at Shipwright on 17 March to
prepare Jule for her 31 March splash date. Implementation of Plan C
lightens our provisioning and preparation loads. Removing the cover was
our first challenge, certainly less of a challenge than putting it on.
The yard will paint the bottom, but a little electrical works will be
left to us. Of course, the head sail will have to be raised and furled
right after the splash, the dinghy will be re-inflated, winter and
spring clothes will loaded on the boat. As it turns out, most of the
systems are working.
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Chris and family came for a visit to wish his Mom a happy
birthday. The whole gang sans Collin (he was TDY in New York) were
there to wish a happy 70th. The Admiral was tickled for the wishes and
the grub. Later in the week we got some breakfast at the Coffee Table
Cafe, a mobile take out eatery. Mattie Kay was getting used to life on
the hard. She did complain a bit about her litter box and demonstrated
her displeasure.
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Walks are an essential part in our cruising life.
Ann is handicapped on walking these days but she tries until the pain
becomes too much. Walking the yard and the docks is both pleasurable
and sobering. Many of the boats are Bristol and well used, others are
not used as owners originally planned, and a few are ignored or
abandoned. The boat depicted on the right came to the yard nearly 20
years ago. She appeared to be well cared for except for some peeling
paint. She went up for sale but never sold. She was a ferro-cement
boat but that could not save her from abandonment. Soon she will be
chopped up and discarded.
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