[Rhodes22-list] End Of Summer

[Wally Buck]

The joys of fall sailing - we had highs around 70 and winds around 15. After 
Saturdays racing I scrubbed the decks and then went swimming. Water temps 
just under 80! October is typically one of our best sailing months of the 
year.

Wally



>From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
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>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] End Of Summer
>Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 19:18:02 -0400
>
>On Friday, amidst cold drizzling rain & gusty winds up to 20 knots, with 
>the temperature in the low 40's deg F, I cleaned & prepped Dynamic 
>Equilibrium for winter storage, & then towed it over to the Midland County 
>Fairgrounds.  This year, secure indoor storage inside one of the Midland 
>County Fairground's animal exhibition buildings cost me $192.  Boats & RV's 
>can be stored at the fairgrounds from October 1st until May 1st.  Winter 
>storage at the fairgrounds is such a good deal; that, people come from as 
>far away as Detroit & Grand Rapids & the facility fills up pretty rapidly.  
>As luck would have it, this weekend I didn't have a lab report to write & 
>the rest of the homework load was not too unreasonable.  So, despite the 
>poor weather, this was definitely the weekend to take care of the boat.  I 
>didn't get the hull & interior as clean as I would have liked under the 
>miserable conditions, but I'll deal with those issues in the spring.  Ever 
>since deciding to go back to college in the last week of July, we haven't 
>used the boat very much, just no time.  We didn't take any sort of cruise 
>on Dynamic Equilibrium this year.  Hopefully, next year, there will be more 
>time to enjoy it.
>
>Putting the boat into winter storage is always the "official" end of summer 
>for me.  As I write this, my younger son, Gary, is attending his high 
>school homecoming dance.  The seasons change & life moves on.  I've been 
>looking wistfully out my rec room window at Sanford Lake as I've doing my 
>homework, wondering what the new year will bring, & finding it somewhat 
>difficult to concentrate.
>
>Roger Pihlaja
>S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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