Back on board

We made it to the boat just after the hurricane had passed by and was heading north. We had two days of light intermittent rain and a bit of wind when we got here but nothing to write home about. The only real hardship we had was unloading our car, 'Rusty" in a light rain. Our good old Geo Metro "Rusty" made it down here even with a HUGE over load of 'stuff'. We had that 20 year old car packed to the gills and it still averaged 47 mpg!


some of the stuff we brought

The Snow Goose survived the hurricane and the summer sun with only a few deck leaks and a general musty smell to the cloths and bedding that we had left on board. Anna has been doing laundry for the last 4 days and I’ve been doing boat projects. The engine hatch and the battery compartment hatch both had rust issues and the floor of the cockpit had several rust spots that needed attention so I craned the main hatch over the side (since it is too heavy to carry down the ladder) and did a major repair of the steel cockpit.

Main hatch

 

  The teak deck required work too. Some of the rubber caulking had to be cut out and new rubber caulk installed into the groves.

The ports also had a rust issue and it took me two days to repair them. Salt water… YUCK! The Snow Goose should be ready to go back into the water on Monday and we plan to leave here about a week later if the weather cooperates. We are presently house sitting for a few days and Eddie has found a perfect place to sleep... I guess that she likes the company!

 

 

On another note, Brenda (in Brooklyn) also survived the hurricane with no damage and only a short power outage. She says though that "Life sucks without the subways trains running". Ah, but she's a New Yorker... Nuf said.