The wind picked up to a solid 20 knots as we left the Allen’s Cay anchorage in the late afternoon and headed farther south to Norman’s Cay following our friends aboard SV Rasmus. Rasmus sailed east out into the Sound in search of Mahi Mahi (which they hooked!), whereas Illusion along with SV Panacea decided [...]
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Illusion‘s to-do list is as big as her mast is tall, but lately, Brian and I have been whittling our way through the projects at a brisk pace. Sometimes I feel that each new project just makes our life that much more complicated, but it’s funny how the simplest gadget can also make our lives [...] I was a bit nervous as I strapped myself into the Bosun’s chair last Friday. It wasn’t that I was afraid of heights – I loved roller coasters and climbing (mostly trees) as a kid – but getting hauled up a tall pole on a swaying boat was entirely new to me. One of us [...] While Brian and I wait on one last part to arrive (the spring for the wind generator), we are working hard to knock out as many things on the to-do list as possible. One item that had been on my list since early last year was the sewing and construction of an awning to keep [...] I took all the “right” classes in high school. If it wasn’t honors or didn’t offer advanced placement or weighted credit, then it wasn’t considered an option for me. I was lucky to take a digital photography class my junior year, but it didn’t count for anything – it was an elective. If I recall [...] When Brian and I drove through the boatyard gates on Friday morning, I had no expectations. We had plans of putting Illusion back in the water, but six weeks of labor on an old boat had taught me that nothing goes as planned; the hard projects took the allotted time, but projects that seemed easy [...] Still at it, but Illusion is just about ready to go back into the water, which means my work “duties” are almost done. Woo hoo! Well sort of. I can’t say I’ll miss the projects, but it’s been a mostly enjoyable experience. I’ve met some really nice people, learned about all sorts of tools and [...] Another week closer to departure. That is what I keep telling myself even as the projects seem to increase on a weekly basis. This week we discovered that, although the keel bolts are in passable shape, the mast step is not. The mast step is a giant piece of steel that the mast stands on. [...] It’s been a long week full of scrubbing, chiseling, grinding, cleaning, and cold weather. Sea Tow towed the engine-less Illusion to Rockville, SC, on Tuesday, and by Wednesday she was out of the water and up on stilts. Rockville Marine is a boatyard in Rockville, a small community at the end of Wadmalaw Island, about [...] While it may not be snowing in Charleston, things are definitely looking white aboard Illusion. Although we had some difficulty finding a few decent weather windows amidst all the rain, we finally managed to finish painting the non non-skid areas and put down two coats of non-skid on the rest of the deck last week. [...] |
   
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