Beacon Bay Marina
"Memories made at the lake, last a lifetime."
We've been back onboard for two weeks, so I guess it's time to update the blog. We spent the first three days “On the hard”. This is what boaters call it when we have the boat hauled out of the water and blocked up on land. It's the way we store our boat during the winter here in upstate New York. Staying on the boat when it's on the hard isn't fun, especially when the weather is hot or cold. Without water the heater/AC unit doesn't work. Maybe that's why it's called hard! 🤣Water and electricity is limited too, but at least we were able to use our heads (toilets).
"Memories made at the lake, last a lifetime."
We've been back onboard for two weeks, so I guess it's time to update the blog. We spent the first three days “On the hard”. This is what boaters call it when we have the boat hauled out of the water and blocked up on land. It's the way we store our boat during the winter here in upstate New York. Staying on the boat when it's on the hard isn't fun, especially when the weather is hot or cold. Without water the heater/AC unit doesn't work. Maybe that's why it's called hard! 🤣Water and electricity is limited too, but at least we were able to use our heads (toilets).
This year seemed especially hard since the weather has been so cold. We woke up our first three mornings to cabin temperatures ranging from 35º-41º...that's pretty darn cold. Plus it snowed all day Saturday, but despite the weather Stan finished the items on his to do list and we were launched on Monday morning. Meaning we could turn on the heater.
The main reason we returned to the boat so early this year was to have a new enclosure made for the flybridge. The Mahaney brothers at Mahaney Canvas located at Beacon Bay Marina did a wonderful job. They were very professional and got the job done in four days. We couldn't have asked for a better job, and the price was very reasonable.
The first step in getting our new enclosure was to install an extra support for the bimini top
Our new enclosure looks very nice
On Friday (after being on the boat for a week) I went down to Pennsylvania to visit our little ones while they finished our enclosure...little did I know the Mahaneys would finish our top before I got to Kyle's house, so on Saturday while the weather was decent Stan moved the boat down the lake to our summer slip. Several friends met him on the dock to catch his lines...pretty nice my delivery captain had the boat all ready for me when I got home.
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