Here for the sailing...

During the summer especially and possibly all year, there are Wednesday night races here in the waters off Oriental.
Our neighbor regularly sails with the owner of a J 70.
They needed a third and fourth crew so Aug and I got a shot at racing a serious performance boat.
We helped step the mast yesterday and Jerry and Jim showed us how to properly tension the carbon spar.
Today the hull was wet sanded and a couple hours ahead of the start, we craned the boat in.
This evening it was all sailing with ideal conditions (12 - 15 kt wind) and 8 boats racing.
Here some photos:

J70 Shamrock ready for the races.
August is setting her down softly.

Captain Jim

Harbor view

Harbor view in Oriental.

In amongst the tall pines...
Here I am walking the property and figuring out the site plan...

New Port of Call

We moved to the lovely town of Oriental, North Carolina.
A few years ago we visited it on a family trip after learning about it on the excellent site:

http://towndock.net

We bought a lot down here and if you are interested in sailing, you should too.
Our plan is to build a home and then to set up a boat shop.
Here are some views around town and a Google view of the area.
Come visit!

Ingo having an evening sail in the inner harbor.

August is manning the chase boat.

Big and little shrimp boats are plying the local waters.

Soft shell Blue crabs off the dock

Oriental's town dragon swimming in the pond.

Checking out the facilities.

Snide signage around town.

The shrimping is good now.  The fleet is in.

The larger neighborhood.

Square Meter: End game

The last few projects I am involved in on the square meter involved finishing the non skid, another coat of varnish and a bit more rudder fairing.
My family and I have an opportunity to move to the sounds of North Carolina.  The owners have a rigger lined up to take over the project and will do some of the finish carpentry themselves.
Here are the last of my photos of this beautiful boat...

The new dynel non-skid got a light sanding and a coat of almond paint.
(it looks blue here next to our tarp at the end of the barn.)

The first coat of varnish will get a sanding an many additional coats.