Marion to Bermuda - almost ...

Well we were already to go with the Marion to Bermuda, but after watching a deteriorating forecast for a couple of days, decided on the morning of the race to withdraw. We were in the race to have a fun trip to Bermuda and back, and the forecast for a strong low to move in from the Great Lakes and stall over the rhumb line made that very unlikely. So we're now off on a two week New England island tour - Long Island, Manhattan, Nantucket, ... . Not quite as warm as Bermuda, but still a fun trip with a great crew.

Spring 2009 Updates

In Spring of 2009 we managed to:

Finish the bimini - lots of fairing and painting

Get the bimini to the boat and install it

Install the new liferaft

Build the new pantry shelves

Replace the old Raymarine plotter and radar with a new Garmin unit

Prep for the Marion to Bermuda race!

2008 Updates

In 2008 we managed to:

Start building the hard bimini (in a tent in the driveway

Give Marta a compression fracture of a disc by dropping the half constructed bimini on her while turning it over (Mark's fault - not in the plan

Replace both engines with new Beta 35 hp diesels (this was also not in the plan

Install new autostream feathering props (this was in the plan)

2007 Updates

In 2007 we managed to get the following done on the boat:

• Rebuild the propane locker (after removing an air conditioner)
• Get an asymmetric spinnaker from Dave Calvert
• Race in the Solo-Twin (we were last in our class after spending hours trying to round Block Island in a dieing breeze against the current!)
• Replace the electric port head with a Lavac and install a new holding tank
• Get a new anchor - Rocna 33 - that is now Marta's favorite anchor of all time

2006 Updates

The first things we did once we got back to Massachusetts were:

• replace the roller furling boom with the original traditional boom
• get a new fully battened 900 sq ft mainsail from Dave Calvert at Calvert Sails in FL
• remove almost 1000lbs in excess weight in tools, spares, air conditioners, ...
  

New York City

We caught the tide down past New York City and then up the East River and through Hells Gates. It was a long day. We had left Hop-O-Nose Marina at 4am.

Stepping the Mast

We stepped the mast at Hop-O-Nose Marina on the Hudson River.