"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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You make it back ok? :)



Just got back home.

Exhausting day. Weather and seas were worse than the forecast ---30 kt
winds, heavy rain with very brief letups, thunder, lightning, you know, a
typical day on Buzzard's Bay in January. No channel markers, (all pulled
for the winter) so you sorta rely on memory and the GPS to avoid a couple of
submerged rocks that are close to the channel.

The diesel guys really gave the engines a workout. Full speed runs in the
slop and rain. Power backdowns on each and then both engines. (thankfully
the Navigator doesn't have a LT). Fortunately nobody else was stupid
enough to be out there, so the fact that we couldn't see where we were going
or anticipate the next big wave didn't really matter.

The Navigator performed like a champ. Not to sound like a bragging proud
owner, but it's amazing how solid that boat is even in snotty seas like
today. No problems, no issues. It took three tries to get into the haul
out slot due to the wind though.

But, it's over. Surveyor gave the boat a thumbs up commenting that it was
in great condition for a 9 year old boat.
Now we wait for the oil analysis to come back next week and see what the
results are.

I am sick of boating at the moment. We all got soaked to the skin just
maneuvering and line handling.
Due to the dockage winter storage issue that I previously described,
returning the boat to it's slip was a real challenge. By then the tide was
going out fast and there simply was not enough water to pivot around the
stored docks in the narrow channel. We ended up pulling alongside one of
the docks, put spring and bow lines to the dock cleats and manually pulled
the boat around the corner.

Like I said, very exhausting day. Thanks for asking.

Eisboch