Haul-out Weekend 2013

October 5, 2013  Point Bay Marina, Charlotte, Vermont

- Marc:  Sue and I came back from dropping off Sara and Stephanie at McGill University and proceeded to empty the boat for the winter.  The Lucy III  haul out actually was done while we were away.  I noticed some deck damage that I quickly repaired and ended up re-bedding everything in that area of the deck  There will not be any leaks next summer.  I have a photo below showing all the details.  We decided to cover the boat ourselves this winter with tarps from Loews that seem to work for most of the fleet here in the storage yard.  Our winter cover is very nice but is designed for lowered masts and we have kept our masts up this winter.

This whole process took several trips to Vermont or stopovers on our way home from Montreal.  One visit to Montreal, on Canadian Thanksgiving, was spent apple picking and enjoying the Fall foliage.  The apples were great and the colors were spectacular.  We took our Aunt Dorothy along and returned via the ferry crossing the Ottawa River at OKA.  There were several sailboats crossing with colorful spinnakers.  We had fond memories of travelling in this area with our boat in the past several years stopping in St. Anne de Bellevue and in Hudson.

Our last stop was in St. Anne where we enjoyed dinner with friends on the waterfront.