Breeze On

Breeze On is on the hard and almost completely winterized. We chose a calm day last week to take her up the creek to the Generation III boatyard. Since it was calmest in the morning, we bundled up—the temperature was in the upper 30’s—and went down first thing to move her. When we were ready to go I pushed the start button. The engine turned over then quit. I tried a few more times with the same result. The starter battery seemed to be working but the engine just didn’t want to run. Apparently Breeze On doesn’t like the cold weather any more than we do! Our best guess was that there was an ice crystal in the fuel line. George fired up the Little Buddy propane heater, placed it near the engine compartment and sat on board reading while I went for a walk. We tried again after I returned and—although I had to hold the start button down for a few seconds—she did start. We motored down to Generation III, tied up at the end of a dock, and walked home.  This past week we were expecting a ...

Yesterday we went for our last sail of the season. The temperatures were cool—mid 50’s—but the wind was ideal. We stayed nice and warm inside the enclosure as long as the sun was shining. The only other boat out sailing on the river was Spontaneity, soon to be renamed Azzurra II, owned by our friends Dawn and Ray. When we left the slip the tide was extremely low. The TideSlide cleats were at the bottom of the the poles and we had the step way down to the onto the boat. Fortunately, Cambridge Creek is deep so Breeze On had plenty of water under the keel.  After we returned to shore we washed each enclosure panel with soap and water and hung them back up to dry. This morning we rolled each panel and put them away in the storage bags. We took the bimini and dodger off of the boat. We made several trips from the boat to the condo bringing the enclosure panels, bimini, dodger, mattresses, cockpit cushions, bedding, and portable generator into the condo. Next George will winterize the ou...