I have been watching the track of Hurricane Lee for the past week or so, and while it seems to be passing us by quite a wide margin, we’re still supposed to be getting some significant winds tomorrow.

It came to eight pages, and I hope you enjoy reading about it. It can also be found by clicking on “Published Articles” at the top website menu.

It was a record number of Mariners for a Rendezvous, and after the event, a number of members contributed over 200 photos to a shared Google Photo Album.

We were supposed to leave Thursday, but a small craft advisory kept us home until Friday, and we arrived at the Seaport in the early evening.

Imagine my surprise, while browsing a Facebook site for Mariner owners, to find a car window decal for sale of my very own boat!

ORION had her first official sail of the season today, and I started a new Sailing 2023 page with pictures.

I still have some little chores to do before I take her for her first sail, but at least she is in the water.

I kept some of the old information from the original Nicro vent and incorporated what I recently did with the new Marinco vent as there was a lot of information about how I chose that particular style of vent and why.

For some time, the old vent had been getting slower and slower, and it finally stopped running even in bright sunshine. It was time for a replacement.

Thanks to editor Chris Szepessy for giving the Mariner some publicity.

My father and I unstepped the mast at the mooring, then he met me at the Niantic River launch ramp with the trailer while I motored over.

Just when I think I have collected copies of all the advertisements published featuring the Mariner, I stumble across a new one!

I just added fourteen pictures from sailing in the river, participating in August’s Rendezvous, and meeting up with friends.

I recently found out it is slated to be published in the December edition of WindCheck magazine as well as the next edition of Small Craft Advisor.

We had an absolute blast despite the extremely hot weather, and I plan on writing an after-action report about it soon.

All in all, it was a wonderful trip, and it was certainly a pleasure to sail with Chris, Dan, and Alan.

I also sailed over and saw my sister who had seen me by car from the Niantic bridges and pulled off the road at a nearby park where there was a floating dock.

We arrived in Niantic without incident, and I was happy to have my father help me step the mast in the launch ramp parking lot.

Fortunately, her topsides and deck are still in excellent condition, but she needed a new coat of bottom paint, bootstripe, and maintenance varnish on her coaming tops and hatchboard slides.

I began the process at the beginning of January, and while it all went relatively quickly, it was incredibly involved with many hoops to jump through.