The Other Sailing Season

Unfortunately, summer can't really last forever, and after only a month in the water, it was time to have Adagio hauled and tucked away for the winter. While you would think since I only have class 2 days a week and I'm only an hour away I would want to keep sailing later into the fall, in reality finding the time to get out Marblehead was harder than I had hoped, and I didn't really like worrying about the boat every time it rained hard or we got a windy day. So, on Friday September 12th I brought the boat to the boatyard so it could be hauled. Kind of like the launching, there really wasn't much interesting to report from the boatyard, as before I had even finished up tying the boat to the dock, the yard crew was already busy taking the mast down. After rinsing the boat off and taking off the last of the remaining gear, I went back to B.C. in order to get to practice by 2. The next day I woke up early to drive down to Yale, for the first event of my other sailing season, College Sailing's Harry Anderson Regatta. I've been pretty lucky that for the last 4 years I have been a part of one of college sailing's most successful teams, and while the weather might not be as nice, the sailing is still great into November.

Even though it was a short season for Adagio, I spent as much time as I could sailing, with numerous harbor cruises enjoyed, and gave me a pretty good sense of what needs to get done over the winter to really finish her off.

This winter's projects include:

1. Varnish exterior woodwork
2. New electrical System
3. Fix the centerboard
4. Refinish the Mast, and replace the halyards
5. New cushions for the interior
6. New galley faucet, more insulation for the icebox
7. The fixed ports need to be rebedded
8. Upgrades to the running rigging (new traveller system, ideally)
9. New rollerfurler for the jib
10. Paint for the cove stripe, and adjust the boottop
11. New tiller, and figure out a better tiller extension
12. New Mainsail cover

Here she is back in the boatyard.