Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 6:00 am
We're up early today to get Blue Heron ready for the haul out. Gale began winterizing boat chores while Maureen covered the windows with aluminum foil to try to block out the sun. At 9:30 am, Charlie and Keith were in charge of getting the boat on the lift and then setting it on the blocks for storage. Everything went well. Blue Heron was put up on blocks and we spent the rest of the day on the hard preparing her for the extended storage period.
It was extremely hot again today and the humidity was even higher than it had been. Gale purged and winterized all the systems. We took the sails down, removed the solar panel and secured everything down. We worked in temperatures over 100 degrees and had a hard time staying hydrated.
Note for future: Regina and Steve, Serendipity, an old sailboat with purple strip. They were tied to the dock near us at the Delaware City Marina and will be anchored off Christmas Tree Island in Key West in case we run into them someday.
At 5:30 pm we took showers and left the marina. We drove until 10:00 pm and found a room at a Motel 6 on the very western edge of Maryland.
We're up early today to get Blue Heron ready for the haul out. Gale began winterizing boat chores while Maureen covered the windows with aluminum foil to try to block out the sun. At 9:30 am, Charlie and Keith were in charge of getting the boat on the lift and then setting it on the blocks for storage. Everything went well. Blue Heron was put up on blocks and we spent the rest of the day on the hard preparing her for the extended storage period.
It was extremely hot again today and the humidity was even higher than it had been. Gale purged and winterized all the systems. We took the sails down, removed the solar panel and secured everything down. We worked in temperatures over 100 degrees and had a hard time staying hydrated.
Note for future: Regina and Steve, Serendipity, an old sailboat with purple strip. They were tied to the dock near us at the Delaware City Marina and will be anchored off Christmas Tree Island in Key West in case we run into them someday.
At 5:30 pm we took showers and left the marina. We drove until 10:00 pm and found a room at a Motel 6 on the very western edge of Maryland.
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