Hey- two hands on my, er.......rigging !!!
How much does a boat cost you ? Easy.....everything in your wallet. L'ORIENT has a deal with us. We buy her everything she needs and she keeps us on the inside and water on the outside. We like this deal. But every 15 years you need to change the rigging........steel braided wires holding up the masts. The failure of on wire can cause the mast to harpoon your hull. In a marina you're OK after insurance pays you........if this happens at sea, the kids might be getting the inheritance early. So, gritting our teeth we came into LeMarin, Martinique and paid Phillipe and crew to do their thing. With 19 wires (or shrouds) our boat is a big payday for them. Pictured below is Anne guiding our $16,000 electric bow furling motor off the boat. Drop that and after my fog clears, I'm probably doing 25 to life upstate for quadruple homicide. Oh, and truth be told......we gave our boat a little early Christmas gift. A new staysail......improves our ability to sail closer to the w