Monday 10th June

Went back to the Burlington Boathouse moorings where we had easy access to Burlington’s facilities.  Teresa did laundry, grocery shopping, and Ron picked up the Chartplotter which had been sent away for repairs, and installed it.  We both did a few more jobs- the joys of boating – and returned to North Beach for the night.  Got to try out our new Spade Anchor.  It dug in immediately it went over the side and felt really secure.  We tried Anchor Watch Pro again.  This time we read the documentation and set the anchor position correctly.  The App worked much better and didn’t’ wake us up once with false alarms.  

Sunday 9th June

Bright and sunny.  We hung out on the boat most of the day after a full English Breakfast.  Marc & Dee left about 3pm and we did a few more jobs on the boat. 

We moved the boat to North Beach 44 29.46N 73 14.62W and anchored for the night.  We tried out our new phone App – Anchor Watch Pro.  It waited until we were soundly asleep, then woke us up to tell up the anchor was dragging.  It lied!

Saturday 8th June

Rain was forecast which kept the crowds away from the Jazzfest. A shame since it didn’t actually rain although it was overcast and threatened all day.  We actually spent most of the day touring 4 Vermont breweries by foot and got 4 stamps in our Vermont Brewery Passports.  So we’re well on the way to getting the T Shirt awarded for 10 brewery visits!   We also visited the Saratoga Oil Company and sampled their extensive collection of Olive Oils and Vinegars. 5 start for Saratoga.  Oh yes and we heard a little Jazz. 

Returned to the boat for Shepherd Pie, (thanks Marc), and played BezzerWizzle.  Marc & Dee got all the easy questions and also cheated, so they won!  

Friday 7th June

A rainy night, but nice and dry inside Quinita.  We putzed around in the morning, and as soon as the rain eased up, set off on our bikes for groceries for our first guests of the season – Marc and Dee.  They arrived about 6:30 and we picked them up, dinghied them to the boat and spent the evening eating, drinking and planning our next days activities.  

Thursday 6th June

A gloomy, overcast and drizzly day with almost no wind.  We set off for Burlington at 9:15, tried to sail for an hour or 2, but at an average speed of 2.5 knots, the trip was going to take 14 hours.  So the engine went on, and we had a pretty boring first cruise.  We arrived in Burlington,  44 28.42N 73 13.45W at 5:15pm and Teresa expertly motored us onto a mooring.  It had rained on and off during the day, but we’re pretty dry on the boat under our hard top.  However, picking up the mooring is necessarily damp.  It’s a little ironic that we can stay dry all day long and then get wet for the last 10 minutes of the trip. 

We went ashore searching for Jazz.  There were a few venues, but, due to the poor weather, Burlington was not buzzing anything like we expected. 

Wednesday 5th June

A windy day, but we managed to send Ron up the mast to re-fit the wind vane and halyard lines that we take down for the winter.  We also managed to get the mainsail, genoa and screecher fitted, so we’re now ready for a sail!  The dinghy engine would not start, so Ron dismantled and cleaned the carb which somehow had lots of oil in it – unusual for a 4 stroke engine!  Having hardly worked on engines since the late 70’s Ron was pretty happy to get the engine working again.  Since Teresa doesn’t know anything about engines, she had to go for a bike ride

The weather was great, with perfect winds for our first trip to Burlington, and its 10 day long Jazz Festival.  Unfortunately we didn’t have time for the trip today.  

Tuesday 4th June

Rouses Point, NY 44 59.80N 73 21.52W. 

Well May was not very kind to us weather wise, so we had to fit in boat fitting out jobs in between rain days.  We just managed it just a couple of days later than planned and launched today.  It was fun – the usual travellift was out of action, so Tim at Lighthouse Marina slid us down the launching ramp like a big dinghy. Thanks to lots of prep work by Tim, the launch went well and by 9:15am we were at our berth. 

Spent the rest of the day doing jobs best done afloat and ate onboard for the first time this season.  The boat feels so much better when she’s afloat.  Ashore, on blocks, she just doesn’t feel right.