4th of July 2010

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I had a nice long stay on the island over July 4th this year. Here is a day-by-day accounting of the trip.

Wednesday, June 30

• Arrived at the Portland Jetport on red-eye from San Francisco. 
• Peg met me and we did few errands. First, we stopped at West Marine for boat needs:
• Red paint for Lyra bottom stripe
• Gray primer for Lyra cockpit
• Light brown topcoat paint for Lyra cockpit
• 2 turnbuckle protectors
• 6 shroud covers (wrong size should have been 5/32", not 1/8")
• New bilge pump
• Fiberglass repair kit for Lyra soft spot
• Fiberglass cleaner for hull / deck
• Tiller extension
• Then we hit Whole Foods for sustenance stock-up. Peg generously paid for groceries.
• Got to island on 2:00pm boat. Ride with David and Molly O'Donnell, went back to pick up Peg in Escort. Escort right front tire was low.
• Went out to boat. Dinghy outhaul was messed up: anchor had dragged, and I had to reset. Went on lone sail around Bangs.
• Din: Baked haddock, rice, broccoli with Peg

Thursday, July 1

• Began Lyra Mainsail outhaul repair
• Installed shroud covers (wrong size need replacing
• Din; Amazing cedar BBQ'd wild salmon at M&M's w/ full contingent + Peg. 
• After din drank whole bottle of Absolut Boston (Elderberry + Black Tea) with all. Fun was had.

Friday, July 2

• Alcorns (Alfie, Sally, Sarah & Juliette), Sam, Brandon & Sharon arrive.
• Alfie reading & cocktail party w/ usual supects:
• Will & Maggie, Charles & Barbara, Lee &Ann, Manny &Chris, Sachs (full contingent),
• Din: Alcorn-provided ham, beans

Saturday, July 3

• Sail with Alcorns, Sam, Brandon and Sharon around Cliff. Back inside Hope.

•  Din: Lobster's from Mark--shedders!

Sunday, July 4

• 4th of July!
• Cheb road race @ 10am. The 4.6 mile race was HOT. Ben Sachs and I ran together and came in 6th and 7th, averaging 7:04 pace. Personal bests. Brandon and Sam also ran, Sharon and Peg cheered us on. Went for a much needed swim after. 
• Watched parade.
• Worked on upper-house chimney trim, Sam painted gutter.
• Went on nice short sail with Sharon around Sand, then Crow.
• Din: yummy steak, mushroom, broccoli, pasta,

Monday, July 5

• Super hot!
• Blueberry Strawberry Pancakes
• Departures: Brandon & Sharon left noon (Casco Bay Lines), Peg left 2:15, Sam left  9:45
• Painting eaves w/ Sam
• Worked on upper-house trim around chimney
• Trimmed trees obscuring upper-house view
• Beauty sail with sam, around stave, ministerial, bates
• Din: leftovers with Sam: beans + pasta

Tuesday, July 6

• First day alone
• Hot!
• Morning run

Wednesday, July 7

• Morning run
• Tree trimming

Thursday, July 8

• Breakfast at the Marks' with Barbara and Charles: waffles (on their new iron), bacon
• Evening run
• Dinner at Alper's with Nora, Sascha, Larry: fresh Cheb clam linguini

Friday, July 9

• Installed new tell tales on jib, fixed broken tell tail on mainsail.
• 2pm Sail with Alper's (nora, sasch, larry, viv, jack)

• Then another later sail with Johnny, Kate and Fredrick
• Bob (earnest) brought hot, freshly baked bread by
• Sascha and Larry brought book and raspberry cake
• Din: Steak, potatoes, broc
• Drinks at Sachs' after

Saturday, July 10

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  Run with Ben
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  Short sail, put boat to bed when thundershowers threatened
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  Planted Lillies at Daddy's grave in cemetery

• Dump run, clean up houses for few week emptiness.
• Johnny Sachs drove me to 4:15pm Casco Bay Lines. Took cab to Portland Jetport for 7:38pm departure. 
• Flyed through Washinton Dulles, then on the SFO for a 12:48am arrival where Sal met me.

What I didn't get to that I wanted to:

• Painting Lyra cockpit
• Cleaning Lyra's deck
• More view trimming (completing at upper, doing lower)
• Cleaning up garage

It was another magical stay.