Fall weather has arrived here on Puget Sound. Mornings are socked in fog, days are damp and rainy, and nights are cold and wet. I don't want to stop sailing, but it's time to put the gear away and plan for the winter's work.
I spent an hour throwing gear over the side of the boat then hauling it into the shop. I helped Dana clear off a gardening shelf so that I had a place to put the gear coming off the Odyssey.
Here's the things I hauled out:
- Sails, sail bags, and sail covers.
- Safety gear (life jackets, throwable float, safety harnesses, flares, horn, manual bilge pump, oar).
- Galley gear (a plastic box of cups, plates, baby wipes, and towels).
- Extra clothes, towels, hats.
- The battery. (A 5Ah battery out of the horse trailer. I'm legal, but not for long.)
- The boom, main sheet and blocks, and boom vang.
- Main and jib halyard, topping lift.
- The whisker pole.
- Ground tackle (anchor, bent on rode, spare rode from under the seat).
- Miscellaneous stuff (the garbage bucket, the earring for the mainsail, a cracker with cheese and salami stuck to it).
Now I just need to cover her up with a tarp and we're good for the winter.