Day two of the epic journey

   Another freezing cold day. I wish this cold front would have come later, after we had left. Today we did a bit of sail training in the morning. Teaching the first mate and crew the names of the line, parts of a sail, how to tack, and what it feels like to be under sail.

So with that training completed, and the 150% Genoa on the fuller, we pushed on under motor after 30 min of sail. Let me tell you, sailing on the Hudson, on a large yacht, is a chore.
Our goal today was Samalot marine. Another 6 hours downstream, and we arrived. As we pulled into the dock the girls started shouting "your going to slam into the dock!!!! AAAHHHHH!!!!! " Needless to say i did not. i guess i should have filled them in on docking in a wind that is pushing you away from the dock. Approach angles can be quite intimidating.

   After we arrived we went to a restaurant called "Babes"  George gave us a ride there, and we enjoyed the food, was a nice little place! We walking the 2 miles back to the marina, and met with George Samalot. George, as many people in the sail boat industry, has a history of racing. He runs a sail loft, and a rigging shop. So i had been in contact with him for awhile, i asked him to come inspect our rigging. He spent about 45 min going over all the terminals. He explained to us someone was smart when they rigged this yacht, and filled the terminals with bee's wax. This keeps the salt water out, and prevents corrosion. I am glad the PO did something right on this yacht. He also informed me my jackline was far too weak to even stop one person from going over, and i should replace it. Up to his shop we went, and talked politics while he went about sewing loops on the ends of the new jackline.
   He made some recommendations, including one to size our jib down to a #3 Genoa. Thats all for day two!