Launch day at Raritan Yacht Club was very uneventful. No one fell in. I only got barked at once. As ever it was superbly organized and we had 30 boats in the water in about 4 hours.
My job was painting the patches on bottoms where the keel blocks or stands had been. I got covered in paint as ever but managed not to avoid buggering anything up.
Messing About went in fairly uneventfully with one exception the $%#@^&**^%ing outboard wouldn’t start so I had the ignominy of being towed to my mooring. One of my club mates very kindly came with me to the boat later on to take a look. He is a mechanic and it took him five minutes to figure it out.
All in all a very boaty week. RKJ Day took up most of my blogging week; last night dinner at New York Yacht Club for my friend Phil’s 60th Birthday. What an amazing place! Today launching the boat. Hey, who knows I might even get some sailing in in the next few weeks.
Adam,
Some excitement happened late in the day. Most people had left and I was heading up the stairs to grab a beverage and burger when I got the word that a boat was sinking. The launch was towing him back to the club. He had taken on about 2.5 feet of water over the deck in his cabin. His engine and batteries were both underwater!
I was a bit hairy for a while but with the help of Harry and John of the launch crew who mobilized a pump we pumped him down to the point we could find the leak. In short order we had the leak stopped. He was drying out and working on the engine Sunday. I think he will be fine but damp for a while.
Cheers,
Bob
Adam, that’s a fine-looking boat you’ve got there.
Thanks and she sails well too!
Adam, I note from the picture that the mast wasn’t stepped at the time of launch. I it on now?
Not yet. Hopefully next week