Tuesday, October 7 | Distance Travelled: 0.4 nm

After a nice season, haulout day arrived. As usual, this was a bittersweet moment. With fall upon us and winter approaching, the weather in Falmouth becomes too unpredictable and despite many great sailing days that might remain, it becomes clear that the time to haul has arrived.

Britton's boat is in pieces. Tim's boat is far away. Mike's boat... well... we're not sure why Mike isn't using his boat.

But regardless, I decided it would be fun to invite the boys out for a daysail aboard Dasein. And so it was. June 26, the bay to ourselves, and only a little dampness. Oh, and the cheesy comestibles!

With a generally fair forecast for Saturday, we planned to enjoy a nice daysail. After dealing with some errands in the morning, we invited a friend along and headed down to the boat to enjoy the sunshine. Sadly, the sunshine was short lived and we were soon enshrouded in fog.

After a nice night aboard we headed back to PYC to avoid the nasty weather that was forecast for Saturday night into Sunday. There wasn't much wind, but we managed the short return without firing up the engine at all.

With no long cruise on the schedule for the summer, we were anxious to at least get out for a few overnights and possibly long weekends. To that end, we scheduled our first overnight for the weekend of June 14. Though the weather didn't seem to be promising for Saturday night into Sunday, we mangaged to get out on Friday evening for a night aboard.

Finally! After a couple of missed opportunities to sail, I managed to get my first sail of the season. A little fog, a little sun, and a gentle easterly breeze combined for a great shakedown.

And as a bonus, I got to clean the nasty grime off the boat, too!

Although we got an embarrassingly late start to the season this year, the day did eventually arrive. Although the weather was grey, it was not overly cold and we had a pleasant and uneventful launching day.

And at the end of the day, Dasein was hanging on her own mooring tackle for the first time in 3 years!