Spaulding Boatwerks has asked me to move Litlgull elsewhere.
Moving the boat next door to the Arquez marina is not possible.
It is full of derelict houseboats and others. It looks unchanged
from 25 years ago when I left with the Ariel. Can't believe It's
been that long! And will I still be able to skipper the dream??
Either back to SanRafael or elsewhere, It's just as sticky to leave
where we're not wanted, as it has been to make all the illadvised
changes that robbed me of decades sailing the oceans.
I think Chris must have made a tacit promise to Hasse that the
sails would be rigged to the boat. I will try to get him to do thar
before I leave.
There is a tangle of halyards at the mast that have routes secret
to me.. I installed a couple cheekblocks at the masthead for a
runged ladder idea, that now will be halyarded.
Also the watermaker has not been proofed. Stuff I've been
reminded I still must pay for.
This while being scurried away like garbage. They do bottom
jobs and minor repairs as main income. And, now that Covid's
in decline the tourists are back. Troops of kids. And there is a
fleet of Pelicans being assembled inside the shop of laser-cut
parts and fiberglass. Spaulding has more important things to do.
I also let Chris order a Facnor bowsprit for me, still in the works,
no idea when it will arrive presumably from France. No feedback
from the chief. Should have done it myself, but thought it was
good form to have Spaulding handle it.
Wherever we end up, it'll be developing a new s.s. plate 'extension'
that will stick out forward of the original bowfitting to support both
the anchor roller AND the center of the Facnor pole sprit..
Decided on a new Pulpit, the old out of round, crushed in front
and crooked, not yet ordered. Have to make an exact pattern
because I would like to do the impossible, that is to move the
aft leg bases to the bulworks and the front legs to the molded
toerail -- sans the bulwork for warp chocks-- in effort to claim
more wiggle-room to position the sprit and anchor gear.
Uninterrupted access on the hard will make it easier and sooner
done.. .. .. if I stay fit!
There will be more on the SunPower Flex panels that will hang
to the hard rails.
Never imagined how difficult it is to fit reality, per se, into a dream.