BOR Boat Preparation - 6 April 2004

Page Updated 01 October 2004 18:57

One of the secrets of a successful Bermuda Ocean Race (BOR) is to properly prepare your boat.  This is a time consuming task, and often must be done at times when you'd rather be sailing.  On a cold early spring day in April, Boat Captain Drew and the Skipper went down to Kuan Yin at her mooring on Rock Creek and put in a little quality time "getting her ready."

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Kuan Yin before installation of her new Bimini and dodger.

                                      

Drew at work preparing the sail track for the new StrongTrac system which will allow the sails to be raised or lowered with almost no friction.

 

Drew disappears into the bowels of the boat to inspect the clean-out port on the vessel's manual bilge pump.

  

Getting back out is sometimes much harder than getting in was in the first place.

    

Drew goes fishing in the bilge to see what he can find.  Ugh!  This is just a sample of the sort of junk that could clog up the bilge pump when you need it most.  Moral: keep a clean bilge.