This is it.

For the last few weeks (months?) Cassandra has been sitting at anchor in Oswego harbor, too hard to get to for day trips and the weather not pleasant enough for longer trips. So there she sat, getting dirtier and lonelier. Finally, with Dad's help I was able to get the last of the trailer modifications finished. With the rollers lowered 6" and a 10' tongue extension retrieving Cassandra at the boat ramp was supposed to be simple. And, except for having to sail to the ramp when Jackson's fuel pump spewed everywhere, it was. We were able to pull two anchors and sail up to the ramp, despite the fact that I knocked Dad's glasses into the harbor... another bloop... Luckily mom was coming up anyway, and brought his spare pair. I was rather upset and impressed to see than my dad can sail better blind than I can with 20/20 vision. Anyway, we sailed to within a few hundred feet of the ramp, and let the North wind push us in the last little bit. Then we tied up, drove the trailer in, and floated Cassandra right on. Pulled her out, dropped the mast at took her home. All in all it was a day's job, and the only big problems were a motor that didn't start and a gutter on the garage that my mast got more closely acquainted with than it should have.
So, that's it for the adventures this year. I've got a job until January as deck crew for Syracuse Stage. Hopefully I can set aside enough money for the tweaks Cassandra needs over the winter. With everything else to do though, we will have to see.
Until then, my your life be full of stories.
-Brian McB.