I have no idea how women can stand the 9 months of pregnancy awaiting their child.
Boat is finally being trucked to Newport Rhode Island and we are over excited.
I bought a fiberglass sailing dinghy ($50) ready to shorten with a ply transom when we finally see the configuration of foredeck and skylight.
I have a metal working friend making one good Aries self steering from the THREE units I bought for a song. (My wife instructed me to stop buying them until boat arrives and all this stuff goes aboard and she gets her garage back....)
I have enough 40 and 50 LB anchors to sink a battleship but no chain yet. That stuff is expensive!
Underwriters don't like the words "home made" or wood so I got a new survey done which solved that. Passed with flying colours by a surveyor who is also a serious sailor who recognised her pedigree and quality build.
So we expect to restep the rigs, slap on a barrier coat and antifouling, and fit the Aries and go sailing.
Shemaya, attending the junket in Maine on Labor Day weekend might be a stretch....or it may all come together quickly. We will see.
David D.