Oliver Sails South: Mast is up and we are moving

We made it to Hop-O-Nose the 6th of September. We were met by Laura and Tom, friends we met in Port Huron, originally from Muskegon and heading south. We prepped the boat and the mast was stepped Saturday by noon. We met the nicest couple from Canada, Muriel and Tutty. There mast went up after ours, so I invited them to dinner to celebrate. Sunday was suppose to be a day to work,but it was very stormy and we did not get too much done. Monday we finished putting the genoa back up, hooking up the instruments on the mast, getting lines in the right places and cleaning. Muriel and Tutty provided dinner that night. One line was in the wrong place, so Dale hoisted me up the mast to fix it. We have been enjoying great company and real meals..

Dale putting instruments back on the top.

up she goes

Sean puts her on the deck plate.

Downtown Catskill had many statues of cats all down main street. Here are some for my "cat" friends.

Rip VanWinkle is here too.

The10th, we headed off down the Hudson together with our new friends and anchored out a couple of days south of Kingston. Our friends left the next morning. Oliver is once more a dinghy dog. Our first adventure ashore was full of Hudson River mud, so I contacted the yacht club nearby and they graciously let us use a dock there to bring Oliver ashore. We leave again tomorrow to head on down the river.