It has been a very slow start for
the Nauti Dog crew this year. Plagued by repairs, dingy air leaks, outboard
issues, etc. We were finally able to hoist the sails and leave the harbor! It
was great a shakedown sail that resolved some issues and discovered new ones.
On the sail out the jib would not
unfurl. On our return back to the harbor we saw a pin rolling around on the
foredeck. After checking the stays & shrouds we determined it wasn’t ours! Settling
down back in the cockpit we gave the furler one last try and the jib quickly
furled out. We can only think the pin must have been from someone else’s
furlers the was lodged itself in our while on the storage rack.
There was another problem the line clutch
not engaging the main halyard.
The Sailcomp would not power on and
therefore not provide heading data. Also the engine overheated twice which
forced us to sail through the mooring field and back to the ball. Thank fully
the winds were in our favor and there was no boat traffic!
Even with everything that happened
it was great to be back out on the bay!
With a break in the rain the car was loaded up to head to the boatyard. The plan was to fish a new pull line for 1st jib halyard and remove the 2nd jib and main halyard. Thankfully the pull line fished very easily just moments before a wall of rain sweep through the boatyard. 
Busy first day preparing Nauti Dog for 2019! Started with a great morning attending the small outboard clinic at Rick's Outboard Marine Inc Big thanks to Rick for all the great info! While there, got nearly all the parts to do a full service on the outboard for the dinghy. Then headed out to the Jamestown Distributors Tent Sale. Picked-up some Pettit Marine Paint HydrocoatSR. Also had a great conversation with the Lewmar rep regarding servicing Nauti Dog's winches! Finished the day starting to build a stand to service the outboard.
