BOATs

J and I live in a world of acronyms.  Just when you think you know what they all mean, another gets added.  While boat life doesn't have nearly as many, there are a few - not counting those which we've made up over the last few years, e.g., ASSWOP :)

BOAT - if you have a boat you likely know what this stands for.  Break Out Another Thousand.  

We've been busy trying to get things done with Tango's new mast and boom refurb so that we can sail "home" in the next week or so.  However, as J put it last night "we have more money than we do time" - how often can that be said!  Not only are our jobs hectic right now, but J is in school full time and I am in school part time.  AND tomorrow (Friday) we head to Port Townsend, WA where I will be attending a sail repair seminar at Hasse & Company, Port Townsend Sails (http://www.porttownsendsails.com/about.htm) and J will be meeting with world renowned sail maker, Carol Hasse to discuss the construction of our new mainsail.  While we are both very excited for the trip, the timing is not ideal.  There is still a significant amount of work to do before we can sail home and we're quickly running out of time. 

That said, we've decided to "BOAT" or perhaps "BOATs".  So far we're slightly under budget on our tasks which played into our decision to let the yard do nearly the rest of the work.  There are some smaller, easy items which don't need to be done until right before we leave to sail back, which we'll do. Our main concern is that there are things that must be done before other work gets done and being out of pocket for 5 days really throws a wrench into things. So, J met with the yard this AM and gave them a list of things we'll need done.  By the time we get back, she'll be that much closer to being ready to head "home".