The Frolicers: We Start a New Season

We arrived back to Frolic Jan 2 and started to get her ready for launching (see previous blog). We had a few repairs and additions to make. Carl replaced a handle on an escape hatch and then replaced our speed and depth instrument which was getting too dark to read. We had retractable transducers for the speed and depth and Carl had asked for those when he ordered the new instrument, but he only got a retractable speed log not a depth transducer. So Carl had to take out the old thru hull and replace it with the new depth transducer. Then we figured just to pull out the old cables with the new ones attached to pull them in place. Oh NO! That was too easy! The old cable would not move and disappeared under the saloon deck. A couple hours of frustration and we cut the cable and spent 4 hours fishing the new cable to the instrument and then finally mounting the new instrument. Day One.

Carl running the transducer cable to the display

The next day was engine work for Carl and bottom sanding for Leslie. Carl installed the raw water thru hulls, ran the fuel polishing systems, started and checked the engines, and installed the raw water impellers for both engines. Toward the end of the day he helped Leslie sand. Day Two.

Diane's cottage on the beach

Carl painting the hull

It was then time to paint the hull. We thinned and mixed 2 pounds of Cyanne pepper in with the paint. We got most of the hull done before we ran out of paint. Our friend Diane was arriving on the ferry so we cleaned up and met her and had dinner on the beach. Day Three.

We all went to the stores to provision. It was a long day of shopping and hauling, but ended with a dinner at the Coco Maya. It’s a great restaurant right on the beach with a fire pit and couches on the beach. The end of Day Four.

Coco Maya at night

Fifth Day, Frolic goes in the water. We made a last check of thru hulls and pumps and found the port manual pump’s V ring that holds it together broke. So we pumped the little water out with the automatic pump. Then as we tried to pump the starboard bilge with the automatic pump the pump ran, but no water came out. Inspection found the V ring on that pump broken! On course the run to the chandlery was fruitless so at noon we went in the water minus two bilge pumps We still had two working. All was well and after priming the engine’s raw water pump we were set to go.

Off we go to the water

A quick motor brought us to North Sound where we took a mooring and hanked on the jib and hoisted the main to test it as well as start putting up the deck lights.

Diane at Leverick Bay

Diane and the Jumbies

The next day we pulled into Leverick Resort dock for a few days and washed down the deck with fresh water, put up the rest of the lights and organized the boat. It was a great stay and we got to see friends as well as the Happy Ahrrr Show and enjoy the Friday night pig roast and the Jumbies Show. We also visited Saba Rock and helped in the 5 PM Tarpon Feed.

More Jumbies

The pig roast

Diane stayed with us for another week and we had great beam reach sails down the Francis Drake Passage to Maho Bay, sad to not see the resort any more, and on to St. Thomas and Brewers Bay with a lazy beam reach in tandem with another Lagoon 380.

Leverick Bay

Feeding the Tarpons at Saba Rock

Sunset at Maho Bay

Dinner at Woody's in At. John

Snorkeling at Maho

At Maho

Diane and Leslie at Honeymoon Beach

Carl and Leslie at the Dinghy Bar at
Honeymoon Beach

We visited Honeymoon beach for a great day of fun and ending the week with dinner at the Island View Guest House with a spectacular view of the harbor.