January's Gone!

This month has flown by. We got the estimates! Ouch. We are rethinking a few of our options and looking at plan B, maybe more canned goods and fewer perishables that need to be refrigerated. Russ is also looking at more alternative energy sources. We loved the idea of a stand alone generator until we got the bid. Also getting bids for other wish list items, then we will need to prioritize what is necessary and nice. Only 8 months left.

Waiting for the Estimates

It has been a week now since we had both a canvas maker and a refrigeration expert visited the boat, take measurements for sailing bimini on the fantail and updated refrigeration/freezer respectively on Worrall Wind. We are waiting for sketches and estimates. It feels like waiting for the shoes to start dropping with all of the $ outlay we are going to start incurring. Russ finished up the mizzen furling project. Now we need to have a sailmaker come and give us estimates for a new mizzen, staysail , and two headsails on the jib furler so that we can wing-on-wing in a downwind. I think we have decided not to get a cruising spinnaker.

It's a beautiful January day in Emeryville, mild weather, no wind, crystal clear.

Happy New Year 2009!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails! Explore! Dream! Discover!" - Mark Twain

Worrall Wind's Sail Plan
Ready.....July 2001 - July 2009
Set..........August 2009
Go...........September 2009 - Throw off the bowlines, take a left at the Gate!