Well we made it to Blackhole creek and are docked.
When we were leaving the Ship yard the transmission linkage was out of
adjustment and we had to wait a couple hours for it to be fixed. After
a lot of fear and nail biting we found out the terrible noises were not a
broken transmission. We said our good byes and pulled her out of the slip
and started heading for Blackhole creek where we had a dock for a few days
to outfit for the trip south. We do have pictures that will be posted but
at the moment we are still getting organized. Docking was terrifying.
After 20 years of not sailing it actually went pretty well. We circled the
dock twice to get the right angle then coasted in and with some yelling and
mistakes we got her docked. We will do better each time. Knowing how to
do something and doing it are different things! Sam was jumping to the
dock. I was steering and Hannah was throwing lines and tying bumpers.
After getting our wits about us again Hannah called for an Uber and I went
to pick up our car which was left there. We walked for about 20 min
through the forest waiting for Uber to arrive. It was a nice walk on
shady lane. After returning with the car Hannah made dinner. We had
sparkling cider, Chicken soup, crackers, and maple cookies. After dinner
Sam and Hannah and I played Gin Rummey for about 2 hours. Hannah won. Her
strategy was to get as many points as possible so she picked up the pile
often. Melodi called and we chatted on the phone for an hour or so. I'm
now in fixit mode... All I see is projects, but we are here and we are
still in the honeymoon phase of boat ownership. The new name "Grace" looks
beautiful on the transom!
