Survey time!

Last Friday we went to New Bern for the survey, sea trial, and haulout of Logos. What an interesting new experience it was! We had a few mishaps on the sea trial, including the mounting bracket for the autopilot breaking off, and the headsail roller furler jamming when we tried to furl the sail after the sea trial. The furler was old and pretty close to end of life anyway, so after a rigger checked it out, we decided to split the cost of a nice new Harken furler with the seller, who is also repairing the autopilot and several other small items found on the survey. There were no deal breakers, fortunately. It was such fun to take a short sail on our soon-to-be first boat! Here are a few photos from the haulout in Sailcraft Boatyard in Oriental:

Our surveyor inspecting the rigging at the top of the mast Logos awaiting haulout Logos hauled out

We spent the late afternoon playing tourists on a very hot, humid, breezy day in New Bern, along the waterfront and in the historic downtown.

Female mallard

We discovered that New Bern has the moniker of "Bear City", which pleased Barry ("Bear") and provided a few additional photo ops.

On Saturday we visited with a friend from my work, John, and his wife at Blackbeard Sailing Club. We got to meet his wife Connie and boat-owner partner Doug, as well as a few other friendly folks at the club. They ended up taking us out for a sail on their own Catalina 30, which was great fun on a beautiful day, cooler and with less humidity. Barry and I both took the helm for quite awhile. It was fun to get a feel for what sailing Logos will be like. And soon!