We arrived at Reynolds Park on Saturday, April 13 and 19 days later, Crimson Kathryn is on the hard! The time has flown by and we managed to get everything on our lists done. The remaining deck and cockpit were painted. The fuel pressure issue has been diagnosed and will be fixed in the fall. All storage jobs went off without a hitch! All in all, it was a great 19 days.
Along with all these jobs we did manage to have a few happy hours with Julia and Brad although near the end of our time, we all were too busy (and tired) to get together. The four of us did go out for a nice dinner on Wednesday night. We tried a new restaurant in town that is kind of a gourmet diner. It was very good and we had a great time with Julia and Brad.
Today’s haul out and storage was super smooth. We were the second boat out (coming out of the water around 10 am) and that little extra time gave us the opportunity to get a lot of jobs done while still in the water. We wrapped mattresses in plastic; removed the wind scoops (dorades); emptied and washed the fridge and freezer; took down the enclosure and stored it inside; and sprayed for mold with a product called concrobium. There were lots of smaller jobs done in the 2 hours before haul out but I can’t even remember them all! Once we were out of the water and on our stands, the work continued! I won’t bore you with the details but I will say that this was probably the smoothest storage prep we have done so far at Reynolds! Everything came together perfectly and we were all done by 4 pm!!
This season was definitely one of our bests! We had so many awesome experiences. Our crossing to the Bahamas was very rough but after that, we had the best sailing season!! We paid a lot of attention to the wind and weather conditions which lead to a season full of sailing. We flew back to Toronto for Evelyn’s PhD defence which made us feel super proud and also like jet setters! We made it all the way to Turks & Caicos!!! We shared our exploration of this lovely island country with Donalda and Bill Stevens and then with Evelyn, Caroline and their friend Samantha. We did an amazing sail north from Providenciales to Nassau and then to Ginn Sur Mer in 4 days, 4 hours!!!
So what does next year’s sailing season look like? Well right now we’re thinking of continuing our journey south. If all goes as planned, we’ll leave Reynolds Park in December and head to the Bahamas right away. After Christmas we’ll continue south and end the season in Puerto Rico. The boat will stay there for the summer and the next season, we’ll fly down and continue to move south!! This plan is still a work on progress! Very exciting!! Thanks for following us again this season!!