The weather was absolutely beautiful today, sunny, temperatures in the low 70s, a light breeze from the northwest, just perfect, especially when I watched the boat going into the water. Then, a van load of gear, sails, electronics, radar, cookware, etc... had to be loaded on the boat, which was the tough part.



More to come,

Gary (the retired)

Ahoy matey...I hope with your bad back your had lots of help to load the gear on the boat?

Yep, one of the guys from the marina did all the loading and unloading.

Gary

Here's a vid I shot today of my osprey wind sock in action. It keeps other birds from roosting on the rigging and pooping on the deck.



Gary

Nice Gary! Can you use it on your car too to keep other birds from cra#%ing on it?

I suspect it would work on just about anything. All you need is a long pole to fly the wind sock from and most birds will avoid the area like the plague. I also have an inflatable snake on the boat that works fairly well as long as the wind is blowing a big and makes it move. The only birds that like snakes are red tailed hawks, which eat them.

Gary