Day 345, Year 7: Moving Windbird to Her New Home
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012
Weather: Sunny and Warm-Really Beautiful Day
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Today was a beautiful fall day and we took full advantage of it. When we
got up, we decided to ask for a 9 am bridge opening so we could head to
Falmouth Harbor to fill up with diesel fuel and water and to pump out the
holding tank. When we got there, we found that Falmouth Marine where we
normally do business is basically closed for the season. The owner’s boat
was on the dock and we were told to find fuel elsewhere. We went to East
Marine at the head of the harbor and on the way there we saw Steve and Irene
on their boat Star. They left their summer home here in Eel Pond yesterday
to do to Falmouth to get fuel and then they were heading to Newport today
before sailing south to Nevis in the Caribbean. Their boat’s home port is
Nevis, WI, and many people think they are from Wisconsin. Not so. The WI
stands for West Indies. We were glad to get to say an official farewell as
we missed doing that in Eel Pond. We got the fuel and water and headed back
to Woods Hole. Just as we were motoring out of the harbor we got a call
from Heather inviting us to join them for lunch in Woods Hole with Jed’s
parents who are visiting. So we motored as fast as we could against the
current and got back to Woods Hole for the 12 noon bridge opening. The
whole gang was on the dock to help us come into our temporary home in a slip
on the Woods Hole Marine dock and then we went to lunch at the Captain Kidd.
It was great catching up with Jed’s parents and having a relaxed lunch with
everyone. After lunch we walked the few steps back to Windbird and launched
into a work frenzy. We took the bimini (cover over the cockpit) down and
Mark spent two hours resewing all of the seams. The bimini was made in
Thailand so it is about three and a half years old and the seams are
starting to come loose. While he did that, I did what any self-respecting
sailor does when she comes to a dock with water. I washed down the decks
and topsides-something you can’t do when you are out on a mooring. It was
warm enough to do this barefooted and not freeze to death, so for that I was
thankful. I also washed the cover for the cockpit monitor, the cover for
the cooler on the back deck that holds all our fishing gear, the cover to
the baby swing we have in the cockpit for Oliver, and on and on. By 5 pm,
just when the sun was no longer keeping things warm, Mark finished the
sewing and I then took the Sunbrella bimini cover out on the dock and
scrubbed it with a Tide and Clorox mix to get rid of the mildew stains. It
was after 6 pm by the time we got the bimini back on and hung all of the
side curtains so that the cockpit is nicely enclosed once again. We are
expecting rain tomorrow, tomorrow night, and Saturday, so it is a good
feeling to be secured to a dock and to have the cockpit totally clean and
enclosed. And now that we are on a dock, we can plug in heaters so Ziggy
and Coco will be warm and cozy once they arrive on Saturday night. All is
well.
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