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I stacked the new cushions I had made to get more padding. Lastly, I spent a night on the boat alone. I really didn’t want to put it on the anchor locker cover but it had to be done for safety’s sake. I found some rubber grey anti-skid tape with an adhesive backing. My only access to the boat from the pier is over the pulpit. I quickly realized how slippery all of my freshly varnished mahogany is with wet feet. I’m not sure what Boston Whaler had in mind for tying up and hanging fenders because there aren’t enough cleats on the boat. These lines are longer enough to allow getting on at the bow but short enough to keep the bow off the pier. The loops are thrown over the stern poles. For the aft lines, there are a cleat on both sides. This one comes off last and stays on the pier. These are looped over the the pier posts and the carabiner in snapped onto the eye in front of the bow. The second line is also looped on both ends and it has a heavy stainless carabiner tied in the middle. These are thrown over the two posts on the pier. The first is looped on both ends and tied fast in the middle to the anchor eye inside the bow. The boat points toward the prevailing southwest wind in the slip. I think I may also have my docklines figured out. Underway once you get enough speed, you can actually hear the water getting sucked out! The sales brochure is right – you can leave the bailers open in the slip.

So, with the bailers open the water seems to equalize with the waterline. Once I opened the bailers, the water drained to where it was just at the top of the bailer wells. There must have been two inches of water in the cockpit. The first rain we had, I left the bailers closed while in the slip. Collapsing the dodger isn’t hard to do, but it’s a shame it can’t be used when sailing. The boom also interfered with the dodger so apparently it has to be dropped underway. I also figured out what to do about the boom vang clearing the dodger. I had to tie off the tiller and move to the bow very quickly to get it down. All was going great until I let the jib fly over itself and the Gerr downhaul blocks prevented it to clear. The next time out, I put up the main and jib. The only issue I see with it is where the line passes through the clew grommet. It took quite awhile to thread the line through the blocks so it wouldn’t foul. The first time out, I rigged the Gerr downhaul on the headsail. For now, I’m using the original sails that I repaired. Everything needs to be prepped before leaving the dock. I’m slowly learning the ropes on how a Harpoon 6.2 sails solo.