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| On the Hard in Sandusky, OH |
Unfortunately Pilgrim is presently residing in Sandusky,
OH. So our first hurdle is shipping her
overland to Beaufort, NC. We traveled
up to Ohio over the Thanksgiving Holiday to visit Anne’s family and prep
Pilgrim for the highway.
We began the preparations with stripping and packaging the mast.
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| Bill removing spreaders. |
Anne’s father, Bill, and I began the tear
down on “Black Friday”. We removed the spreaders and all the mast head adornments - windex, vhf antenna, lights, etc.
Anne and I returned on Saturday to complete the
packaging. First, we wrapped the mast in
bubble wrap to prevent the standing and running rigging from chafing against
the mast.
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| Anne working the bubble wrap under the rigging. |
Next we secured all
the standing & running rigging to the mast via cord, straps, and duct tape. Finally we wrapped the entire rig with Tyvek
House Wrap secured with duct tape
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| mast wrapped for delivery |
We then moved to the
boat. The 775 mile road trip from Sandusky, OH to Beaufort, NC will
take over 12 hours. That means Pilgrim
will face tropical storm force winds,
60+ mph, for much of the time on the road.
We stripped everything off the topsides… bimini, dodger,
running rigging, anchors, etc.
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| stripped down topsides. |
During this process we discovered the frame for the dodger
does not fit in the cabin. The foredeck
offered the best space for tying down the frame.
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| dodger frame secured on foredeck |
After a wonderful visit with family we returned to Beaufort,
NC. Now we wait for SV Pilgrim to
follow.
