Ahoy J/109 Vento Solare Friends,
As winter is behind us now we need to get the boat ready to launch! The winter cover was removed on 19 March. The bottom was sanded and painted in the fall so we only need to do wet sanding. I would like to ask for help at Borden Light Marina with the tasks listed below and am flexible on timing over the next few weeks. Beverages will be supplied.
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Please reply and let me know if you are available for boat work to help with the spring chores and when you might be available. My schedule is very flexible and I can support both during the day and after work, plus some weekends.
- Wax topside surfaces
- Wax and Teflon coat hull (1st coat was done in fall so should go quickly)
- Polish topside stainless
- Inspect and tape all lifelines
- Wet sand bottom 320, 400, 600 grit
- Pressure wash topside
- Remove winter halyards & run halyards
- Declutter inside boat (tools, boxes, etc.)
- Vacuum inside boat
- Wash down inside boat with Murphy’s oil soap
- Clean & Lubricate Winches
- Flush and fill fresh water tank
- Install safety gear on stern rail
My goal is to get Vento Solare launched by Wednesday 10 April. After launch tasks:
- Go up mast to replace wind sensor, windex and steaming light
- Stock refrigerator with appropriate beverages
- Cushions and sails to boat
- Initial rig tune
- Bend on sails
- Weather permitting (no wind, flat water) head out under power for calibration runs (compass, speed, wind)
- Shakedown sail and fix any discrepancies
Any day after those tasks are done, we can coordinate a nice delivery from Borden Light to the Navy Marina on a nice day!
Looking forward to sailing with a keel again!
Recent Comments
Thanks to Lisa, Kathy, Sue & Gerry Vento Solare was wet sanded in no time at all with perfect wet weather to help. Here are a few pictures from Sue's phone. Thanks for your help!
A fun evening sharing a table with Eric, Mary, Chris, Maggie, Francis, Lisa, Bill & Cindy. Mary was recognized with a US Sailing award as a JYC member for her communications role on J/122 Alliance in the Bermuda Race. Maggie accepted the J/122 Leading Edge third place fall series award for Tom and Diana. The picture below shows Bill & Cindy with the 1st place spring series award for J/109 Vento Solare.
In the end it turned out that the Ida Lewis YC awarded the youth trophy to Vento Solare. Pictures from the award ceremony and the trophies are below.
Boat Trophy and Youth Keeper Trophy for Austin, Rory & Henry
Youth Trophy Presentation
Rory & Austin Receiving Keeper Trophies (Missing Henry)
Henry with Keeper Trophy at Home
Bill
Thank you for a great time. That hour penelty seems steep. If you look at yellow brick there were a few other boats in our class that were just inside that south east dot. Not sure how picky they were being.
Either way great work by everyone. Enjoy the party.
Bill went to the protest hearing about our sailing in the exclusion zone to fix the spinnaker. The results of the protest was the RC added 1 hour to our corrected time. This put us in 2nd place for the youth entries. We would have had 1st in youth if not for this. Hope to see you all at the awards ceremony!