Southern Comfort hauled out for the winter

[stevebirch2002]

Hi All

Glad to say Southern Comfort was hauled out toady and the mast unstepped.
All went well and she is now on her trailer and will be driven to my home in
Malvern tomorrow. Many thanks to Mike Freeman (VAGB Chairman) and Jim
Gregory for their help. We unstepped the mast using a hand derrick which
went perfectly. We also managed to remove the head of the rudder post and
finally the rudder when the crane lifted her. Looks like a winter of refit
work in preparation for teh IFR in Germany next year. Southern Comfort hasnt
been pampered for almost trhee years as I tend to spend most of my spare
time helping other Vega owners but this winter is for MY VEGA!

Regards to all

Steve Birch

 

[wxt8981]

Hello Steve;

that reminds me of the time when I sailed the Great Lakes;
there I had to haul out the boat early September and wait
till May the next year to be back in the water. I'm now in
Florida- actually the best sailing starts now. There are
fewer thunderstorms (during Summer it will wake you up in
the middle of the night and one hopes the anchors are set
well).

Right now the water is still warm enough and I plan to dive
under the boat, do one more cleaning (including the prop),
and then .... go sailing....

Wilhelm, V-257