Post by Boat Porn.

New sailing season is upon us

Trips:

• planning to hit desolation sound this summer will be doing 3 weeks starting June 01
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Projects:

• Remove old diesel engine
• New Oak flooring in cabin
• halyard change out replacing wire / wire to rope with Dyneema and runner tails
• all halyards to cabin top
• foresail downhaul
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I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,

And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over”

― John Masefield, Sea Fever: Selected Poems