Back in the dock at Falmouth Harbor

The Schooner Maggie B is back at the dock in Falmouth Harbor. While I am sick of marinas, this is a big step forward as we were hauled out for the weekend around the corner in English Harbor. Marinas are bad, hauled out is worse.

We were hauled to repair some damage to the king post and rudder from grabbing the anchor line during Classic Race Week. Since we are wood covered with epoxy, it is really important to keep water out, and jump on openings.

When we hauled her, it was clear that we had to do a lot of work with the centerboard pin. Woodstock, a local repair outfit worked over the weekend which was great because Saturday was a big cricket match here and Monday a Holiday (May Day).

All was more or less finished this morning and back in we slid. Work continues on chafe issues. Ah, the smell of epoxy in the morning! We perhaps have another day or so in port to finish off the various fixes. There’ll always be more….

The crew has changed a lot. One high point was that Margo Blair was able to join the Maggie B for the last Classic Race. Besides being a skilled sailor, she is highly experienced in dealing with the Captain. Shamelessly, we took off for the weekend for Curtain Bluff Resort when the Maggie B was hauled.

Henry Yung has also joined. Henry is from Maryland and spent two and a half years in these waters in his own boat, much of it single handed. Besides being an experienced sailor with lots of local knowledge, he has a strong computer background and hopefully will get all our gear talking together (in Japanese, French and English?).

Next week Richard Francis of Maine will join. He is a carpenter, paramedic, modern art curator and great story teller. The four of us will take the Maggie B voyaging to Isle des Saintes, Martinique, Barbados and Trinidad.

All is well.