On the hard
Following Jim’s Kaika I’ve also decided to end the season.
Kaika has lost one blade from her propeller so this was kind of forced ending but it is just 2 weeks before we need to go on land anyway and I don’t plan any more sailing this season.
Day before scheduled action I went to the harbour to prepare Meritaten for unstepping the mast. I noticed that Flickan has her mast stepped. Finally, after so many years!
The evening was nice so I didn’t rush with the work. Sails and running rig removed, Meritaten ready for tomorrow.
I agreed with Anders to start early in the morning. I hoped for good weather, at least early in the day as the forecast was not very promising.
Unstepping the mast went smoothly. Directly after that we dragged Meritaten from the slip.
Chatting with Börje I prepared the mast for lifting to winter storage. Thomas washed the boat’s bottom - not much this year, apparently my chosen antifouling is doing the job, even though Meritaten was not sailed much this season. The only affected area was propeller.
Shortly after we were done it started to rain.
Well, we start winter season then.