Work Work Work... no sailing, sad day

Last week we had a sad day... a working party (Navy lingo) to unrig & put away the NJROTC fleet.

All the FJs had their masts unstepped, halyards & stays secured, and carried to storage. The hulls had everything stowed securely inside & turned bottom-up, then secured to their bases again. This means no more FJ sailing this semester...

At least we had good weather!




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Here's Flying Junior #1, getting ready to hibernate for the winter. The cargo strap across the hull is secured to 2 helical anchors screwed into the ground, we want it tight enough to be secure but not too tight... don't want to bend the hull!



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FJ#7 on the far right (our only hull that is not bland white) is a 1967 Grampian, built in Canada. This boat was the NJROTC's first, procured by our first Head Sailing Coach Larry Rota of FHYC.

Sunset on FJ sailing for 2011. We will be reviewing the condition of all the boats & doing some work on them over the winter.

... posted by Assistant Coach Douglas King