After deciding to sand the existing bottom paint instead of removing it, projects started picking up speed.

I met with some pretty fierce resistance which made me rethink the whole thing. I’m still not 100% sure exactly what I’m dealing with.

Spring work on ORION has officially begun!

It’s a shame to see yet another magazine end production, sharing the fate of similar printed magazines.

I had to wait until the weather got warm enough to apply the sticker so the adhesive would work properly, and today was the day.

While work has been keeping me busy, and any serious work will have to wait until spring, ORION has never been too far from my thoughts.

With obligations looming, I decided it was best to take ORION out of the water for the winter so she wouldn’t just sit on her mooring collecting barnacles.

I’m going to try to sneak in a few more afternoon outings before ORION is hauled for the winter, slated for Friday, October 18th.

We had a nice time walking around, playing baseball, and spending time on one of the beaches like we did back in 2019.

The amount of information website owner Mike McIntire had on his site was truly impressive.

It will be nice to take a back seat and concentrate on the Association’s website as well as this one.

Everybody had a great time at the historic Custom House and exploring the city of New London.

Regretfully, I have not been sailing as much as I would like to have been, mostly due to poor weather whenever I had time available (usually on Thursdays) and work commitments.

It was a repeat of last year’s event, only without the rain; it was absolutely perfect weather!

I was pretty darn relieved when I was able to get to Niantic today without incident.

It feels like I have been working on ORION for a very long time, and I originally did not plan to take on so many projects!

I know it has been almost two months since my last update, but a lot of things have been accomplished in the meantime.

Like many projects, I start out thinking something will be a quick fix or touch-up.

I also took the time to clean up the rudder blade itself since it was pretty stained with rust and grime underneath the rudder head cheeks.

I have decided to try to fix my RudderCraft rudder blade which was pretty seriously bent and twisted after I carelessly left it in the down position after a sail.