On Labor Day, What's Your Favorite Labor?

Phil Herring

Phil Herring

Alien
Mar 25, 1997
4,923
- - Bainbridge Island
In honor of Labor Day, what's your favorite labor on your boat?

Rinsing or polishing gleaming gelcoat? Snugging down the rigging? Getting the dock lines *just* right? Or maybe it's sitting at anchor making expert use of a bottle opener.

Describe your labor of love.

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Daddio417

Daddio417

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Oct 29, 2016
53
Pearson 31-2 Bras D'or
Up north it's preparing for the shorter days and cooler temps, digging out your long pants and best sailing sweater and hoping that frost bite isn't really as painful as you remember from last year !!
 
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TomY

TomY

Alden Forum Moderator
Jun 22, 2004
2,769
Alden 38' Challenger yawl Rockport Harbor
Rick486 said:
Ha! Right about now my beloved wife would call ...see the pot to starboard?...." And I would say "...I only look dead ahead..."
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We ran over several on the way home, as we always do (under sail). But we both looked at each other when one took a long time to materialize in the wake. And then POP! We were going 6 knots, with the centerboard down (8'). The centerboard tends to pull one - occasionally - several yards, before the warp slides past the tip.

The board also keeps the warp way down below the prop.

I was thinking, we're due though; we haven't hitch one up in 4 or 5 years.
 
Tally Ho

Tally Ho

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Jan 7, 2011
5,711
Oday 322 East Chicago, IN
My 2020 Labor Day sail...

solo, 17 kts of wind, 4-6 footers.... a blast.


Greg
 
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