1st splash, sail and beaching on Lake Powell this season

[tuxonpup]

Took a couple days off work and made the 6 hour trek up to Lake Powell on Thursday. We picked up a 10' U-haul truck there, pulled the Mac out of storage and towed it up the road to Wahweap Resort before crashing for the night. Loaded her up Friday morning with fresh fuel and water and made the decision to splash her to check out how the motor did over the four months in winter storage. We were going to step the mast to replace the old furler luff, VHF antenna, windvane, etc... but it was hot and there were plenty of jobs to be done out on the water if the motor was good. The luff stayed curled on the bow over the trip and then stretched out along the deck for when we tackle the new sail installs next trip.

[Russ]

Nice!

Yea, that main looks sad. Mostly looks dirty. I wonder how it would clean up.

I noticed your trailer jack doesn't have a wheel. One of these.
https://www.harborfreight.com/trailer-j ... 57901.html

What is that "Earthlink" dish. Looks like a Starlink dish.
That Nissan cowl looks like a conversation piece.

All in all, looks like a good trip. Any day on the water is better than a day at work. Thanks for sharing.

[tuxonpup]

Nice!

Yea, that main looks sad. Mostly looks dirty. I wonder how it would clean up.

I noticed your trailer jack doesn't have a wheel. One of these.
https://www.harborfreight.com/trailer-j ... 57901.html

What is that "Earthlink" dish. Looks like a Starlink dish.
That Nissan cowl looks like a conversation piece.

All in all, looks like a good trip. Any day on the water is better than a day at work. Thanks for sharing.

First time we've unpacked the og main and hoisted it, the tear we saw while it was in the bag was the only one found, so we went ahead and taped it when hoisted to that point. We'll be removing it next time up, can spread it out, wash, dry and then flake it before packing it into the bag the new Rolly Tasker is coming out of.

The 'Earthlink' is indeed a 'mini' I got installed on a PVC post Saturday morning while at the first cove we anchored in, it is blazingly fast;



Found a pic of another 26X for sale with the same vintage Nissan and it has the same discolored cowling;

[Russ]

I wonder why those Nissan's discolor. I'm sure you could paint it. It looks like some crazy UV stuff.

It's STARLink. I googled "Earthlink" and it's a thing. Former company was a big dial up provider. I guess they also do some fiber stuff now.

The Starlink "dish" is flat. Some amazing tech using a constellation of satellites.
Earthlink does seem to make some kind of dish, or they once did. But a true DISH must be fixed and not move.

Starlink is a great way to get internet in places you can't get it otherwise. Kind of spendy, but if you need it, it works great.

[NiceAft]

Nice trip. Thanks for the video.

Our next time in Phoenix (a son lives there), we will see if we can schedule the time to visit Lake Powell.

[OverEasy]

Congratulations on get out onto the water!