What's the most wasteful project you worked on this winter?

[Project_Mayhem]

You could do like I did, and jibe the main until it ripped across on of the batten pockets…
”I guess I didn’t control that jibe as much as I thought I could…guess we need a new sail”.

The key to that is waiting until the end of the season so you can order the new sail over the winter layup

Greg

Hrmmm... "winter storage" sure did go up this year

 

[Tally Ho]

Hrmmm... "winter storage" sure did go up this year

Worse yet, after I got the new main, the jib looked pretty shabby…

And I am retiring in March, so I suggested that maybe we should just get the new jib while I am still working.

That worked last winter, so I sailed on my new 135 jib this past summer…

And then I suggested that a new Max Prop would be my retirement present to myself! I was thinking about a new to me boat…something in the 35-38 foot range…maybe a bit newer….certainly under $100k….so if I wasn’t going to pursue that seriously, then a Max Prop would have to suffice. So the new prop is waiting to be installed in the spring.

I don’t see any of these as “wasteful”, but maybe extravagant and certainly expensive.

We are in Hawaii now, and I work for 9 days when I get back…then no income

Greg