Preparing to Depart

It's been a cold but relatively snow-less winter in Galesville. We survived with out too much trouble. The worst thing was discovering that our foul weather jackets had been attacked by mold and mildew. They've been cleaned but the stains remain and will remind us to check on them more frequently.

We hope to haul out the Mary T in early April at the West River Yacht Yard in Galesville MD. We have to do all those onerous jobs related to cleaning and painting the bottom of the boat. Our target date for departure is early May.

There were several improvements made to the Mary T over the winter. The two biggest were a new dodger, bimini, and various connector panels that will allow us to completely enclose the cockpit to shield us from rain and wind.

The other improvement was the addition of a modem for our SSB radio. This will enable us to get good weather reports when we are out of VHF radio range and, we'll be able to keep in touch with the folks back home via e-mail.

Summer in Galesville

Mary T and crew spent the summer at the West River Yacht Harbor on the West River in Galesville, MD. It was hot but thanks to Annie Reid, we had a window air conditioner that we placed in the companionway. It worked marvelously.

We undertook many large and small tasks such as removing all the Cetol coating from the teak and replacing the water heater, adding some LED lights and frequent mold mitigation. We didn't sail as much as we wanted due to Amy's working and the projects that disrupted the boat.