On Going Saga of the Furler

This was the picture I took yesterday and we were almost ready to start our journey South but not quite. If you look closely you will notice our roller furling forestay is missing. We decided to have the mast stepped here on Oak Orchard Creek so Larry could take his time to secure it to the top of the deck. On Wednesday we removed the sails in preparation, all was well until Thursday morning when the mast was lifted and the same old problem happened once again. The upper extrusion came apart and separated. We knew we would not be leaving early this morning as planned but we didn't know how long it would be before we could leave. We went to bed last night and still didn't know. This morning at 9 AM we received a call that our furler was ready. Wow! We believe this time for good! The only problem is, our weather window to travel the lake with the mast down is now short. We had planned for two good days one to Sodus and then from there to Oswego the next day. Now we have one good day and will have to go the entire distance. It will take about 12 hours, not the way we wanted to be inducted into our trip. Oh well such is the life, aboard a boat. We are just happy to have it fixed in such a short time.

Over the last week we have continued to visit with a few friends and family and to take care of last minute preparations. We have spent many hours sorting photos and slides attempting to get the slides on a DVD and the photos into a scrapbook. I have also been cutting and grinding glass to finish some stained glass projects, something difficult to do under way. Larry finished installing the solar panel and we will get the opportunity to try it out in route. Larry put the motorcycle in storage this afternoon after we provisioned one more time the food we have eaten. We felt if we stayed any longer we would eat up all the stores. Well I guess we are ready for tomorrow morning which I'm sure will come much to soon.