Vento Solare New Mast Finally Installed

Vento Solare has a new mast and looks like a proper sailboat again.  Pat Tormey and I delivered to Hinckley on the afternoon of  Wednesday 19 May in preparation for scheduled mast stepping first thing Thursday morning.  When we arrived the crane crew was sitting idle waiting to step the masts on two boats that still hadn’t been moved out of the shed.  …

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Vento Solare Launched – March 2021!

A first in the record books for Vento Solare.  We splashed on 30 March 2021 – the first time ever we’ve made a March launch date.  Unfortunately the early launch date doesn’t provide immediate sailing gratification.  There is still plenty of storm damage work to be done. The early launch was enabled by some warm weather windows that permitted completing the bottom repairs. …

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March Comes in like a Lion with some damage

Borden Light Marina called me at 10:30 on March 2nd to let me know that Vento Solare had rolled off the stands during the ongoing wind storm we’re having. I went to the marina and took some pictures.  After the wind subsides, they will move the crane and trailer to put the boat back on the stands.  …

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