The sailing dog Eddie and I have finished our move back to
the Snow Goose and we should have her back in the water soon. Not too much to
do to her this time… or should I say, not too much that I want to do. There is
always a “to-do” list and one of these days, I’m gonna finish it up! For now,
the bottom needs a coat of paint and the rudder has a few spots that need
attention. The big job this year will be the deck. I need to replace all of the
deck rubber seams that make the deck water tight… (can you say pain in the
neck, back, hands, wrists, knees, etc?).
I also have a few spots along the rub rail where rust has popped thru.
Over all though, with her ‘new’ mizzen mast and touched up varnish, she doesn’t
look too bad at all. After the deck is finished she will look just as she did
when she left the yard… maybe it’s time to sell! (isn’t that the way we all do
it, get our houses in the best shape ever and then we sell them!)
Deaton Marina is a small family run marina in Oriental NC
that provides excellent boat service and a home for Snow Goose during the off
season. Anna and I seem to fit right in here and it makes for a great place to
do major work on the Goose. The place isn’t the largest but I think that it’s
one of the friendliest and most knowledgeable yards around.
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The Oriental area considers it’ self to be the “sailing capital”
of NC and with the number of boat yards around I can believe it. Oriental also
has “Dragon Boat” races every year and this last weekend I went to a fund
raising barbeque for one of the teams. The pig was delicious and a good part of
the town had come out for the party.
The waterfront in downtown Oriental sports a small free dock (if your lucky enough to get one of the two spaces) and a small harbor to anchor in. Today there was also 2 old oyster dredgers in the harbor that had been built back in the 1920’s. Someone had put a LOT of money into these fine old boats to bring them back into shape and make them into a home.
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| two locals dressed up for the races |
The waterfront in downtown Oriental sports a small free dock (if your lucky enough to get one of the two spaces) and a small harbor to anchor in. Today there was also 2 old oyster dredgers in the harbor that had been built back in the 1920’s. Someone had put a LOT of money into these fine old boats to bring them back into shape and make them into a home.
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| Great wood work! |
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