The mast must come down. So all the sails and rigging will have to be removed. The wind generator is too tall for the highway. That has to come down. The solar panels are too high and must be removed too.; as does the boom gallows, dodger and bimini.
The work went pretty will with only a few complications. The sun was setting on Monday night, and I was not done. I planned on working in the dark and cold until midnight to finish up my tasks. Then comes George who was preparing his trawler for the winter. He had a headlamp on and walks up to me; no hellos; he just says give me something to do. At first, my reflex response was about to come out. "It's all just one-man tasks..." Instead, completely out of character I said, "Can you finish this up, and I will start on the solar panels." I showed him what needed to be done. Soon afterwards, he was on deck with me. The solar panels were already off and I was taking the wind generator down. By 6 pm, we had everything done. It was dark. So, I left the task to putting things down below and tying things down until the morning. Thanks George!
George wasn't the only one to help. On Friday night, I met a new arrival to the Marina, Prashantt. He was from India and was in the process of purchasing a boat. On Sunday morning, Prashantt helped me get the sails down, folded and bagged. Donna who lives on her boat "Mac Nab", a Bristol Channel Cutter, was there to help move the boom from the deck to down below, and then a hundred other small tasks I had overlooked.
On Tuesday, both Donna and Prashantt were there to help take the tender off the deck and lower it down so it could be placed on the trailer ahead of Distant Horizon, along with many other tasks. A Thank you Donna and Prashantt.
Here Prashantt and Andy, the truck driver, are tying down the roller furler.
Distant Horizon, taking the fast route to Florida.
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