Getting ready for the season

It's an unusual spring for the crew.  Normally we would be working on Stella to prepare her for the summer sailing season.  This spring we will be getting two boats out of their winter's slumber.

Two weeks ago, my friend Steve and I took the drive in his truck to where Stella is laid up for the winter.  I knew that there was not enough room in my car for the mission.

The mission was to get our personal gear off the boat in preparation for selling her.  I filled tubs full of stuff - galley gear, personal safety gear, foul weather clothing and more.  I put the electronics back on her (I always take the electronics off to protect them from the cold winter temperatures) and reinstalled the batteries.  The gear I removed filled Steve's truck.

In addition to selling our Stella, we are in the last throws of buying this Pacific Seacraft 37.  If all goes as planned we will be doing a sea trial in mid-May and she will be ours to take her from East Boothbay to Rockland over the Memorial Day weekend.

1982 Pacific Seacraft 37 "Breathofaire" in Boothbay Harbor.

This means that we will be commissioning a new (to us) boat in the same spring as partially commissioning our Stella.

The name of the new boat will remain the same for now due to circumstances beyond our control.  However, we will be giving this fine boat a new name in the fall.  The new name is still under discussion.  The front runner name at this time is "Ethelyn Rose" after my mother and Kathy's great aunt.

More pics to come.