Sad day today for me, as I pulled Tally Ho out of the water for the long, cold, windy winter lay up.
At least we haven’t had snow yet, and the weather today was decent for pulling the boat out. Light winds off the nose when in the lift. Last week we had 50 kt winds, sleet and rain. Only 1 power boat pulled out last Saturday, all the rest of those scheduled wisely rescheduled. I was going to pull my sails last weekend, but quickly gave up on that idea and changed the oil, drained the water heater, and took care of some other chores.
This morning was pretty mild (50 F) and 5kts or less wind. Easily got the canvas down, pumped out for the last time and hit the sling.
Once on the stands, winterized the head, the engine and the water system. Removed the wheel, chart plotter and remote radio handset. Grabbed a beer from the now almost empty fridge, ate some cold leftover pizza, and disconnected the batteries. Noted the volts so I can keep track whenever I get out to the marina.
Then tackled the winter cover. Had this made several years ago. Has held up well so far. I just tied it to the toe rail this year, as I don’t like the marks the ropes make on the hull. Will have to see how it works. Cover is not as tight this way.
So, she is put away for the winter. May get a few projects done over the winter, but nothing really critical.
Greg