Breeze On is Home

Yesterday morning George attached the 150’ of new anchor chain that he had purchased through Generation III. He had dropped the 100’ feet of rusty old chain off the bow the evening before and put the anchor in the passenger seat of his car—also known as the rolling tool box—to keep it safe overnight. He attached the anchor to the new chain and pulled the chain up into the anchor locker using the new gypsy on our windlass. For non-boating readers, a gypsy is the wheel that grabs the links of the chain to pull it into the boat. We didn’t need a new gypsy but had to buy one to fit the new 5/16” chain. Since our boat is made in Germany many of the items—including anchor chain—are made using metric measurements, like our 8 mm chain and corresponding gypsy. 

After that was done Breeze On was put into the travel lift slings so that George could paint the few spots that were inaccessible when the boat was on stands. A little while later she was put in the water and we drove her home and into her slip. Shortly after that David Flynn, from Quantum Sails, brought our new jib from Annapolis and installed it. It is a beautiful sail. We were so happy with the new mainsail we purchased to fit our Leisure Furl that we ordered a new jib last fall. David said there was too much wind to put the mainsail back on so that will have to wait until we have a very calm day. In the meantime, George flushed the antifreeze out of the water lines. Once the mainsail is out of the cabin we can start putting the mattress, bedding, toiletries, and food back on the boat and think about going sailing again. 

I took this photo as Jimmy was driving the travel lift in preparation of lifting Breeze On in its slings. One sling will go in front of the keel. Breeze On will be centered in the lift.