1959 Sorg 15 WILLOW 21 Jan 21 Reposition

 21 Jan 26:

A look back to 5 years ago, we were still recovering from a hurricane hit and getting ready to move 15 boats from Florida to Virginia. 

1959 Sorg 15 WILLOW 21 Jan 21 Reposition

 21 Jan 21:

WILLOW returned to the repaired pier and her cradle lift, which surprisingly weathered the hurricane without damage. We had to charge the battery for about 30 minutes before launching because I had not plugged in the battery tender while WILLOW was on the trailer for 4 months. I had left the new battery switch on, there is one tiny USB port with a light that draws power. Anyway, she cranked right up and and we motored over to the lift, one more bit of normalcy restored.

More surprised that the nav light electrical connections still work in this corrosive environment.

30 minutes of charging took the battery back up to 50 percent, plenty to crank the motor, it should be topped off 100 percent in 4-6 hours. I was happy to see that the Bad Battery light didn't come on to indicate a battery that wouldn't take a charge.

Our boating seasons are flipped here, it's too hot in the Summer for small boating, heat index routinely tops 110F, sauna temps. This week we expect some light rain and daytime highs in the high 60s to low 70s. We are going to use WILLOW to go search for a few items that disappeared in the storm.

We started on a cover for ONKAHYE but still have not finished that. 

The old cover made the 900 mile road trip just fine, and one day we'll get the new cover finished.

We were also finishing up repairs on a damaged Sunfish, PHOENIX got new stickers...