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Ditching Delos: My Hubby is Back! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.68)
December 20, 2020
Ditching Delos: My Hubby is Back! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.68)

Ditching Delos: My Hubby is Back! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.68)

Ditching Delos: My Hubby is Back! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.68)

When the rod head on our forward lower shroud broke on the fifth day of Bill’s solo passage headed North from the Bahamas he had to divert course near Beaufort, North Carolina and head inshore. Grace is crewing on our friends boat s/v Delos and we’re ahead of Calico Skies, having begun our passage through the Chesapeake Bay en route for Annapolis.

The first thing Bill does upon arriving into Cape Lookout is work on stabilizing the rig. He decides to use a thick piece of dyneema line to temporarily replace the stay. He takes a shackle and lashes the dyneema to the spreader and then on down to the chainplate at deck level. Once he’s climbed the mast to jury rig the stay he is on his way to the ICW headed north. Though he doesn’t intend to sail, it’s important to stabilize the rig – Any motion from waves would be exacerbated by a rig that is moving around and could cause problems.

Meanwhile Grace is making her way through the Chesapeake on Delos and arrives into Annapolis where her, Brian & Kazza celebrate their arrival after the long journey. On Calico Skies, Bill motors his way up in calm conditions and then makes record speed through the Chesapeake Bay, reuniting with Grace in Annapolis only days later. Finally we can get back to the good old days of buddy boating! First we have to fix the rig though but we’ll worry about that later (and in the next episode!).

0:00 Intro
0:44 Recap
1:03 Jury Rigging Mast
5:30 Transiting the ICW
7:14 Grace give a tour of her accommodations on SV Delos
8:55 ICW, passing through Great Lock
9:11 Popping bottles on Delos!! Arrival into Annapolis
9:34 Last day in the ICW
10:57 REUNITED at last!!
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