We are on a sailboat again

We left Waterford yesterday morning in a light drizzle that intensified into fairly heavy rain that lasted about 2 hours. The plan for today was to go as far as the Castleton Boat Club at Castelton-on-Hudson, and wait until the boat traffic on the Hudson settled down. Then Heiner and I would help each other to get our masts up. I would stay at least another day to do all of the rest of the work associated with turning a motor boat back into a sailboat. We arrived at the CBC by around noon we had caught the tide as it turned down the river and made really good time. It was also very quiet on the river so we immediately began to get ready to put up the masts. Another Canadian boat showed up and their crew of 3 pitched in. After 2 hours, all 3 boats had their masts up. Heiner and Marleyn left for an anchorage to complete the rest of their work. I set about doing mine, and the other Canadian boat did the same. By the time I got my sails up and some of the related lines installed, it was almost bed time, so I went downtown to the local inn and had myself a cheeseburger, washed down with a couple of cold ones. It was a long day but a lot was accomplished.
Today, I spent most of the day, it was a very hot and humid one, completing my tasks, including setting up a system of jacklines. I think that from now on, I will be attaching myself to the boat. It is evening now, and I thought that I would look for a few photos to upload to the blog. They are taken from the part of the trip from Oswego to Waterford. The first is of my second mate - he doesn't do very much. The second is of the town dock at the village of Phoenix; the third is a look ahead over the Mohawk River valley, and the fourth is of the town dock at Waterford.
I might someday get caught up and upload camera pictures to the blog on the day they were taken. That will be some other day.
Tomorrow is supposed to be very windy. If the morning forecast repeats that, I will likely stay here at the CBC for another day. The rest of the week is looking very good, so I do not anticipate any problems reaching Tarrytown by Friday when Graham is scheduled to join the crew.

Talk to you later,

Mike