Defeated on heading south. Friggin' yard is moving me yet once again for their convenience, which means the entire work area I have set up, tables, tools, tarps, is heading somewhere unknown. Probably a good thing, get some refrigeration in, mount the windlass, new running rigging, look at self steering gear, tear the W-50 down, redo all the plumbing, work on the electrical and come up with a new battery system, update the 10 year old Raytheon (doesn't play well with others) gear and find anything else of potential concern. Shrink wrap it for the winter. St. Thomas by June, maybe off to Tobago for the next hurricane season. The boats near my slip area at Independent Boatyard (St. Thomas) sustained two Cat 5 storms in Irmaria, mostly with just mast damage waving back and forth. I'd unstep the mast ahead of the weather if I stayed in STT, take the rigging home and stash the mast somewhere safe.
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