Beatons launched her Thursday afternoon. Swelling nicely; her own pump comes on every ten minutes or so. I have a back up sump pump on board, just in case. Gave Sjogin her annual cabin and cockpit scrubbing this morning. All clean now. Will move back in tomorrow and have the first fire of the new season. Still need to sand and varnish the spars, refinish the rudder and cut and fit the new hatch runners. Hope to be sailing by the 29th, the day of the A-Cat Worlds.
She floats….with a little help from the straps.
Hanging in the straps Thursday evening. The lift was built by David Beaton in the 60’s?
On her own now. I bought a new Battery today so I’ll sleep easy tonight. That’s a N. G. Herreshoff E-Boat behind Sjogin.
The Glimmer Glass Bridge; now threatened with “improvement”. There’s a growing public effort to preserve the Bridge as it is now. I believe it’s the only one of its kind in the country. It’s hard to see from this angle but there are massive rollers on a curved track that are counter-weights to the Bridge deck. I’ve know it since I was a child.