It has to be.The old cruising adage goes...."Cruising is fixing your boat in exotic locations." Given list of boat chores we accomplish last weekend, Brunswick GA is one exotic locale!
Some were planned such as installing the newly rebuild dinghy motor and dinghy light.
Some were not such as the dinghy still not working.
By process of elimination, we got it running.
Frequent marina dinghy rides ensued. You can make some great apparent wind on a hot, breathless Georgia day zipping around the marina.
Belt check - planned
Impeller change - unplanned (more from Tom later on that)
Oil and filter change - planned
Wash - plan
Wax -plan *(look at that shine)
Complete steel polishing - planned *(sparkling)
Work on dodger canvas - planned
Aft head repair - UNPLANNED *(no pic)
New dock lines installed - planned YAY!
And so on and so forth. It is all part of getting to know Honey Ryder.
We were able to have some fun. The marina had a Labor Day grillout. They provided burgers and sausages. We all brought a side dish and whatever we wanted to drink. Around 25 showed up. After our tummies were stuffed with all the good food, Dock Mistress Sherrie had everyone intro themselves, their boat, where they are from and how many times they have been to Brunswick Landing Marina. There were people from all over including New Zealand and Austrilia. Tons of experience and some newbies like us as well.
But what about the sailing!!!! Fear not. We were able to take Honey Ryder out for a quick day sail on Tuesday. The wind was 10 to 15 knots. We ended up heading out at low tide. It was a tight squeeze getting by the end tie motor cruisers but we made it.
Dredgers helping keep the way clear. Too bad they don't have the $ to dredge the Georgia ICW.
*(note the proper signals in the rigging)
Big car carrier ships up the other channel from us. *(not a good thing to have sneak up behind you)
The bridge heading south out of Brunswick.
St Simon island.
Dinner special at Cargo?
Beauty in action!
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