Lee
Hughes and Wanderer visited by Marc and Al - 1
photos by Marc
and
Al
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Marc Bennett (r) and
Uncle Al
caught up with...
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... Lee Hughes (l) and
Wanderer
at the fine public dock in Cocoa.
An Outer Banks beer was consumed in
honour
of the event.
Note the New Zealand flag on the
transom.
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The skipper sits in a comfort
that racers
rarely enjoy.
Note the re-done floorboards which
really
do look spiffy.
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Enjoy this now - it's the last
Lee pic
for a while in which he has all his teeth!!
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Does Marc look happy to have
escaped
the Toronto winter or what??!!
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Uncle Al lounges aboard Wanderer
which is impressively ship shape!!
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Uncle Al gives Lee a critique
of Frank
Dye's boom vang...
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... but thick (3/4 inch?),
salt-encrusted
mainsheet (l) which did not run freely through its large number
of purchases and was on the short side really got Al's attention ...
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... used as he is, to his 5-mil
mainsheet
(above)
that runs very freely!
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Before we went off sailing,
there were
a few errands to run
in Cocoa which has a very pretty
waterfront!
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We returned with some used
books and
headed towards Wanderer.
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Uncle Al (l) gets a
quick lesson
in using the jib furling gear.
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Ultimately, Lee decided it was
simpler
to just let Al sail under jib alone
while Lee prepared the main for
hoisting.
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Soon we were off, doing our
best not
to run over any manatees!
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This is about as far out as the
main
would go.
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The intrepid mariners sail in
towards
a dock where Marc was poised with the camera.
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