Today I drove up to Maine to visit my boat. It gets lonely if you don’t visit it every so often. They pulled the boat a couple of weeks ago so it is on stanchions on the “hard” (the ground). Part of the wood frame for the shrink wrap was up and the workmen said that they would have it wrapped in the next few days. There are always pluses and minuses with regard to the boats position. Last year it was inland a couple of rows giving it good protection from the wind, especially during the Spring commissioning, but was very close to another boat making hull work difficult. This year it is on the edge of the bay but has good room between it and the boats on either side, which will make hull work easier if the wind is not too stiff. It ain’t warm in Maine in the Spring. The folks at the yard said that shrink wrap plastic is now available. Earlier it was in short supply due to need for the same plastic to make siding for hurricane repairs. Hopefully the old boat will soon be shrink-wrapped and they will place the door in a location that makes entrance and exit doable with excessive contortions. Last year you had to be a pretzel to get on and off the boat through the shrink wrap.
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