Seas The Day Has Finally Sold!

 

Seas The Day has finally sold!!

This has been a LOOOOONNNNGGGGG and somewhat frustrating process.  We first listed Seas The Day last year.  And so for the past year, we have been living with Seas The Day trying to keep her in the state of always ready to show.

Very few showings happened.  

There was some initial interest last fall, and even a floated offer, but our dealer said it was too low and the guy wasn't serious.  (It turns out he was... live and learn.)

I was thinking of writing more details on the process, but I'll let discretion be the better part of valor and just say she has been sold.  If I had to sell another boat, I will go with a local broker rather than a dealer (different motivations).

So in early October, we went down to Rock Hall and scrubbed Seas The Day to be spic and span - both inside and out, removed the last of our personal items and prepared her for her new owners.

We closed the sale in mid-October.

Saying a final goodbye!!!

The Rest of the 2024 Season (w/Short Haul)

 

I last left you all in June.  We had been on the boat but the heat was just too intense for us to do anything.

With the heat being so intense this summer and Seas The Day up for sale, this year we allowed ourselves to imagine doing other things than boating.  The first might be counter-intuitive, but we headed back down to The Villages in Florida.  I wanted to experience the place at the height of Florida's heat and humidity (and that we did).  You'll see that most photos are from early morning or evening.

The visit did not rule out the possibility of moving there.

Of course, we visited Levi, my grandson frequently.

I continued to go down to Seas The Day at least every other week.

I spent a lot of time cleaning her.  I did some lounging.  I even took her out a few times.  But in all honesty, once the decision to sell was made, boating lacked appeal.  I even spent four days on her in mid-August, expecting to go visit a few ports for the last time... but I never left the dock (except for trips to "Pompout Cove").

One interesting trip was in mid-August... I took her over to Gratitude Marina to have a "Short Haul" completed.  This is just pulling her out of the water and power washing the marine growth off her bottom, and checking things like the zincs.  In the past this was always done on a weekday and I opted not to waste a vacation day.  This time, I could take her there myself and watch.

Here's a bunch of videos from the process...

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I know that's a lot of detail, but I have some young readers who are really into big machines and would want to see the entire process.

With Gratitude Marina in the rear view, I headed back to Osprey Point.  

The rest of the season, I made it a point to go down every week or two to check on her.  I even lived on board for four days (intended to be a week of going out to visit some old ports).  But I never left the dock... the desire to go out sailing had flown once we decided to sell her.  So I basically just enjoyed Osprey Point Marina for a few days.

Clearly something else other than sailing had captured my interest!

Finally, this past weekend, we had the whole family over as I celebrated my 60th trip around the Sun!!

Stay tuned for an important update on the boat selling process!!!

Some HOT Weekends

 

There's been quite a few weekends where we have not been on the boat... sometimes it was too hot, sometimes too windy and let's face it... the main culprit has been this little one.

These are from Father's Day, but we also went there the week before.

We did finally get back to the boat this past weekend, but it was the zenith of this massive East Coast heatwave and we basically became slugs... just watching movies in the salon.

I did put the cushions out in the cockpit and was able to enjoy a brief respite as sunset approached on both Friday and Saturday evenings.

We had a "strawberry moon" on friday night, but on Saturday!!! Oh boy!  The heat index reached 108 Saturday afternoon.

Some poor couple had their outdoor wedding at Osprey Point on this day.

We again went out to enjoy the sunset and right after sunset I filled the water tanks.

I said hello to the wedding photographer who was photographing the couple (they stayed on the boat next to us... it had a "Just Married" sign, but I didn't look to see if it was dragging some tin cans.

On Sunday morning, they wanted more heat wave along with some violent T-storms, so we packed it in.

I later went to the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA to hear Ian Fraser play their Wurlitzer.

Cleaning Seas The Day and a VSC

 

This weekend, Boatus Cleanus awoke from her winter slumber and returned to Seas The Day with a vengeance (against dirt).  I had been swabbing the decks for the past month or so, so she was "George clean" which cleary isn't "Vicky clean".  ALL nooks and crannies were shined up (even the line locker).

Line locker is spic 'n span!

The lines are back in place, stowed neatly.
(Yes, that is neat... we have to be able to run out certain
lines quickly when needed.)

Later Saturday afternoon, a member of the Main Line Power Squadron stopped by to do my US Coast Guard Vessel Safety Check (VSC).  Seas The Day passed and a sticker was awarded.  The sticker (placed on the port side of the mast) is supposed to ward off evil spirits like coast guard and law enforcement patrols (letting them know that everything checked out and they can move onto another vessel).

We actually did not go out this weekend.  After her cleaning frenzy, Vicky went to bed and slept for 12 hours.  I grabbed dinner at the pool bar.  Since my workplace has a company-wide shutdown next week and we will be sailing a lot, we decided to head home on Sunday.