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Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Tue 11 Jun 2013 01:48
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Our Position is 41:42.310N 70:45.415W
Monday 10th June
Having just looked up our last blog I see we had
arrived in Plymouth Ma and Kay was ready to catch her flight back home. I
followed a couple of weeks later after getting some maintenance done, a survey
for the insurance company, and all the laying up work, which was more
focussed on frost protection than usual.
Back home there was plenty to do but the boat is
always in mind. especially when hurricane Sandy was on the news, and checking on
the weather showed New England was having a worse winter than we
had.
Relieved then to find Moorglade in pretty good
shape when I returned on May 17th. Just as well that I was not in a hurry to get
afloat again, as Brewers Marina had only just finished renewing its docks
after the winter storm damage and there were a couple of rows of boats to launch
before they could get to me.The time passed quickly in generally pleasant
weather, and with support and hospitality from John and Travis.
John and Jim joined me for the sail through the
Cape Cod Canal to Marion on Tuesday 4th June. Conditions were ideal and it was
good to be under way again. The only setback was when entering the canal we were
told it was temporally closed while new power cables were taken across by
helicopter. We pulled into the harbour of refuge at Sandwich for a couple of
hours but still had a favourable tide through the canal and a good breeze to
take us down Buzzards Bay to Marion, where we moored up on John's buoy. Another
Adventure is spending this summer on the shore.
Lots more jobs to do including sorting out a new
pole, replacing the spinnaker halyards, fitting a new carburettor to the
outboard, replacing a split hose on the engine and an apparently never ending
list of little bits of maintenance and preparation. Jim and Travis
have sorted out the provisioning and much of the stores are stowed with just the
fresh food to get once we have a film departure date.
That is the next decision, we had hoped to leave on
Wednesday but the forecast is deteriorating 40 kts NE is not helpful, and
it seems likely now we will be delayed. As I type the rain is pouring down and
the wind is getting up a bit. Breakfast at Jim's tomorrow and careful study of
the latest Gribs.
 Moorglade on the hard at Plymouth ready for
launch.
Low tide some of the old pontoons are on the
right
 Waiting at Sandwich fortunately in better
weather than Kirsty and I had going
East
Sailing in Buzzards Bay with Jim and Maura
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