Started out taking all our head sails up to the parking lot to see what we had. Bill had stored them in the sheds by his house for the past 8-10 years. We had a storm jib, a regular jib(sails that fit between the mast and the roller furled genoa at the bow of the boat) plus a spinnaker. After so many years in storage bags, the humidity of the Seattle area had taken its toll. There was quite a bit of corrosion on every piece of metal on all the sails. The hanks--all bronze(attaches the sails to the stays) were badly corroded. The eyelets(holes in the sails the hanks go thru) were also shot. The spinnaker had a bit of wear on the sails from use. We're taking all of them to Portland tomorrow to get repaired. With all the rest of the work that is scheduled for Zephyr over the next few weeks, we should be able to get them back before we leave for Port Townsend in Washington next month. Found some more hardware that needs replacing while working on the rigging yesterday. With luck, I'll find it in Portland tomorrow and not have to order it.
Had lunch at "Arctic Circle" restaurant. A nice local burger joint in the middle of town. The afternoon went by a bit slower. While I read manuals on the radar, chartplotter and GPS, plus the engine and fired up the electronics, everybody else slept the afternoon away. It was a bit chilly and foggy this afternoon, not to mention windy again so to cool too work outside. Dinner was catch as catch can--everyone for themselves--leftovers all around.
Watched a bit of tv this evening and then hiked up the hill. There was so much fog, you couldn't see the end of the dock let alone the bridge. Tomorrow is the last decent day before the rains come back on Tuesday and Wednesday. We hope for better by the weekend.
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