Albeit for only an hour if that\u2026.<\/p>\n
Bob asked\u00a0our dock mate who has been a Gozzard owner for more than 15 years, first with a G31 and now with\u00a0the same boat as ours for the past 10 years and has been sailing in the Chesapeake longer than that, to come along and give pointers on navigation markers and the best ways to navigate the harbor in daylight and evening and channel with less risk of running aground. \u00a0We didn’t raise the sails but did motor out of the channel.<\/p>\n
Our dock mate\u00a0also helped Bob approach (and almost hit – but we\u2019re not talking about that) the pump out dock, and then maneuvering into our slip a couple of times letting Bob get used to using the bow thruster to control the direction of the boat in tight quarters.<\/p>\n
We only ran alongside a piling a couple of times taking up some wood with it\u2026.but no harm to the boat. \u00a0More things to practice and learn.<\/p>\n
The process of getting the boat ready to sail took less than an hour from boat total disarray, to tidiness with everything stowed safely for minimal breakage with sudden and surprising movement, and the air conditioner unit stowed in the truck. \u00a0(We have purchased a “portable” air conditioning unit that sits in the forward hatch to help make life in the marina more comfortable during the hot and humid summer. \u00a0The unit has to be removed and stowed from that position when we want to go sailing.)<\/p>\n
We wanted to do a thorough below deck preparation even though we weren’t sure if we would be raising the sails, just so we could get practice in the processes and figure out what we still haven’t considered. \u00a0(Now…where did I hide\u00a0the coffee pot? \u00a0And let’s not let the wine bottles potentially break.)<\/p>\n
Coming back to dock took\u00a0a bit more effort to get the boat ready for life at the marina. \u00a0The biggest frustration was reinstalling the air conditioner. \u00a0We tried to “improve” the previous setup to only finally learn and acknowledge no improvement was necessary as we couldn’t get everything situated any other way….lesson learned, and now we know without a doubt the first way is not only the best way, but the only way it will work. \u00a0Once that was done in the heat of the day with what seemed like 100% humidity, \u00a0Bob stayed busy\u00a0getting the sail cover back on\u00a0and the canvas covering the windshield, while I went down below to make lunch and have a cold beer waiting for him.<\/p>\n
Things learned – with the windshield in place Bob and I can not hear each other\u2026.so a set of “marriage savers” are in our future – that is how they are marketed too. \u00a0Basically they are bluetooth headsets for us each to wear so we can talk to and hear\u00a0each other from opposite ends of the boat handsfree without having to yell or rely on hand signals that may or may not be seen by the other to communicate status, impending danger or changing plans.<\/p>\n
Next time out we’ll plan to raise the sails, and see what new surprises and lessons await.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Albeit for only an hour if that\u2026. Bob asked\u00a0our dock mate who has been a Gozzard owner for more than 15 years, first with a G31 and now with\u00a0the same boat as ours for the past 10 years and has been sailing in the Chesapeake longer than that, to come along and give pointers on … Continue reading Dreamtime has left the dock….<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}