Went out Sunday morning and managed a bit of a drift about. Pleasant enough though the first nice day in a while seemed to encourage far too many motorboats and jet skis for the first weekend in October. No worries; my season’s longer than theirs.
The new Hempex running rigging worked fine with no noticeable stretch. We see how it handles in a bit of a breeze. Looks fine and feels like manilla.
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Just enough. The breeze filed in to about 5kts with lots of holes.
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Enough breeze to heave to off Sloop Point. That’s one of the new Osprey nests on the Point built by a local Eagle Scout. Be nice to see them all full one of these years.
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Breakfast on the Bay. Just cool enough for a fire and fixins’.
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Here’s a video of our locally famous Glimmer Glass Bridge. I believe its the only one of it’s type in the country where the balancing mechanism consists of rolling weights. It’s also a local cause celeb’ as the County wants to replace it with a modern bridge meeting current standards. They claim they’ll reuse the lifting system but it’s feared they’ll find some excuse not to do so. We’ll see.
Russ: Marlin Tuna Camp, Carlson’s Corner, Leggett’s, The Osprey, Sea Watch-all made accessible to me by that little bridge. Very cool. I have definitely wandered out on the T dock many times, the last few of which were to admire Sjogin. Sunday was a great day on the lower bay. Warm and sunny until 2:30 or so when the clouds and wind came in. We listened to the Giants game, though, and all in all it was a great afternoon!