Went down to clean off Sjogin on Thursday and found a streamlined boat. Unlike the last few storms, this one was full of heavy snow. While we didn’t get as much as places farther inland, it did a bit of damage.
We lost one of the few remaining branches of our native Dogwood. I’ll try to force one last bloom but the poor thing needs to be put out of its misery. Anthracnose claims another victim.
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The weight of the snow pressed her down by four inches or so. I thought she might be full of water but, bless her heart, only a few inches of slush in the bilge.
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Heaviest snow I’ve seen in a while. Sjogin looks like she’s been sculpted by old man Winter.
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Back on her lines after a bit of cleaning and bailing. This is becoming an all too common chore this winter. More snow predicted tonight.
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Before I started to clean off the snow I made a fire to warm my soon to be frozen fingers. Good exercise with a bit of the sauna feel at the end.
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Our Winter Palace once again covered with a Northeaster’s leavings.
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And congratulations to Larry Ellison and his team, regardless of how you feel about Billionaires racing in exotic yachts, for bringing the America’s Cup back to America. Word on the street has the next Defense being held in Newport. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
Can we please get back to good old-fashioned sailboat racing for the America’s Cup? How about bringing the old Twelve Meters out of the cobwebs and mothballs and let the skills of the skippers and crews shine?
Bus Mosbacher and Ted Turner would be so pleased.
Next time, can we sail 12 meters again, pulled from the mothballs, where the skills of the skippers and crews can shine? Or maybe the old J boats? Bus Mosbacher and Ted Turner would be so pleased! We definitely need Newport to be the hub of America’s Cup competition again.
Uh oh