I pulled my skiff yesterday, it was time, the fall rains always fill it up while I am away at work and I lay awake at night worrying about it. The best of intentions at the end of summer always assume the boat will be sailed until Thanksgiving, but the reality is one or two sails happen, always under the influence of guilt, and thus most people pull their boats right around Labor Day and be done with it.
I also pulled #28, the Lowell skiff, which was astonishingly given to me by Charles and his son Alex (daughter Izzy is an old cycling buddy) to restore and revitalize. My son Fisher bailed out the boat and together we took the sails off both skiffs, pulled the spars and hauled them up the hill to the yard where they stand now on sawhorses, next to #36, making three Churbuck-built skiffs in all. A veritable armada.
Now to tie up some loose ends and pack for my flight to London tonight. Not looking forward to landing at 6:30 am in Heathrow, cabbing to a day of meetings in Basingstoke, and then back to Heathrow for a 7:30 flight to Tokyo, where I will be until Friday.
I’ll try to post on the road and will bring the digital camera, but this is going to be a disconnected week of circumnavigation and jet-lag.
Just when I thought i would pull the Panga for the Winter, i chaged my mind and am taking it to Demo for two days. then it will be time to add a can of Stabilizer to the fuel and wrap it up in its winter cocoon or until the tuna reappear or the Squid begin running, whichever comes first.
Good trip, David
Jim
Are you having problems with fuel now that the evil Ethanol is part of our lives? My carbs are a mess!
Thanks Jim. TTY when I return.
no problems yet, but I was listening to Vessel Assist this afternoon on channels 16 and 13..lots of dead outboards out in the outer kelp beds.
BHe good, David. Safe trip
Jim
You’re runnin a four-stroke now, yes? They are particularly susceptible to the evils of ethanol. Start using fuel conditioner now.