It’s been one of those winters that you think will never end. A fair amount of snow has fallen, even threatening us as recently as a week ago. I typically figure were safe after the first week of April but spring has been struggling to show itself. This year the cold temps have lingered at below normal levels until the recent 70 and 80 degree days that have been teasing us that spring might actually arrive at some point.. Don’t hold your breath. Even though Adrenaline is stored indoors, it’s been much too cold to do anything useful other than replace this or update that. Trying to wash and wax the boat, and do the bottom has been difficult at best as the cement floors and lead keels keep everything far too cold to work on. Even though it hit 86° the other day, it was a cool 70 in the building. We’ve also had our fair share of rain (the boat yard was flooded making the boats still in their cradles appear to be hovering above the water), the heavy snowfall has raised the lake levels a good 10 inches or so making boaters very happy indeed.
However, there’s light at the end of the tunnel and we managed to get everything done in time for our launch this Wednesday or Thursday. A big thanks to the “Blue Man Group” for their perseverance and putting in the time to get the job done despite the cold temps and working conditions. And now, as they say, “It is Time!”
Current plans are to tune the rig on Friday, load gear, and reset the course computer. Also rinse down the boat as our ‘neighbor’ was over zealous with sanding his teak toe rail 😦 We’ll spend the night on the boat and celebrate with the other boats and their crew planning on making the Saturday sail south to Chicago. The current forcast is partly sunny, 65°, and winds West at 10-15knts. Can you say power reaching? If it goes NW, pop the chute! Yee ha.
Adrenaline Sailing 