And more ice. It’s looking more and more like it will be a Winter of much discontent. We’ve had a series of classic coastal storms leaving us snow covered for the last few weeks. The ice in Jones Tide Pond at Beaton’s has been variable, but solid lately. Open water is about fifty yards away.
The water levels have dropped to their usual winter depth, but later than usual this year. One of the very few benefits (if any) to our coastal Northeasters is the raising of the water level in the upper Bay. This kept the level a bit higher over the last few weeks.
All in all no sailing yet this year.
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No sailing but plenty of visits to pump her out and warm up the cabin with a quick fire and fixins’. Lots of slush in the bilges lately but the pump still works.
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Taken Tuesday. Nice conditions for a sail; about 35, Westerly breeze at 5 or so, scattered high clouds but still ice bound. And plenty of water. There’s about 20 yards of thickish ice between the dock and the upper bay.
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Still pretty solid. Seems it will spread with the coming chill this weekend.
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Paul Smith building a new windshield frame for Shadow, a well used Hubert? Johnson Blackjack.
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One of the joys of boat work. Jeff laying down a bead of caulk in seemingly endless seams.
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New plank ready to be set in place. This is high boatwright art; dealing with the twist and matching the existing, often dodgy, bevels.
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A bit of local color last week in the backyard. Our feeder’s been getting a workout with the lingering snow cover.
russ
great pics. really very pleasant to stay up w/the happenings at beatons. look forward to seeing that there is still life at the shore.
one question. what are you taking your pics with? they are so sharp and clear. your snow covered boat ones are classics.
stay warm and healthy. spring is coming.
tks peter
Snowshoes! Hey Peter!
Tell me about it! I was hoping to get some sailing in this year, too, but Huntington Harbor is also iced in. A tough winter.
Peter,
Happy to be your reporter for Beaton’s and the upper Bay.
I use an Olympus weather-proof point and shoot mostly, though the iPhone camera has it’s merits. The first photo in this Post was taken with the Olympus, the second with the iPhone.
Tough winter indeed, John. When I go down to Sjogin this morning I expect to see the basin frozen again. A good thaw though might allow for a sail soon. We’ll see.
Thanks all,
Russ
Hey Russ, looks like Paul has the right idea. I saw him fishing with Charley Best down in the Keys. Lucky
On Charley’s blog, that is!
“New plank ready to be set in place. This is high boatwright art; dealing with the twist and matching the existing, often dodgy, bevels”
Man you said it! I’m glad I’m done with that job for a while!