Today was a long day! We first drove up to Ft. Lauderdale this morning to pick up our rig from the shipper (we had no time to wait for them to deliver to Key Biscayne) and then drove back to Miami, picked up some parts and then spent 7 hours in boat park working on getting ready for OCR. We left with an amazing full moon rising over the mangroves and to the west a Miami skyline glittering in all its specter. It helped it was one of those warm Miami evenings, where you are thankful the sun has gone down because it offers a break from the tropical sun on this January day.
I spent 2 hours polishing the hull (after we each spent 1 hour of wet sanding yesterday) this afternoon and we got her pretty shiny. We reckon the hull has not looked this good in many years and we are happy to pamper 'our baby' before she takes care of us next week! Jesse put together the new rig, which looks great. It was like Christmas day unwrapping all the cardboard to find our precious carbon mast in great shape just waiting to be put together.
We head up to Philly tomorrow for our Grandma's service and to be at our Mum's side for a few days and then jet back here on Saturday morning to finish our final preparations for Miami OCR which starts on Monday at 11am. We still have some work to do on the rig and the hull, but hope to get a good practice in on Saturday. We especially want to take a look at our new jib, new kite, new rig and to iron out all the kinks with this new equipment. Sunday will be a short day of sailing and then we will hide from the sun. Next week will be long and it is important to be as fresh as possible.
hasta el proximo vece,
Zander
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