Day 3 Stepping the Mast

We knew we needed to get our mast stepped prior to getting to the Erie Canal so we asked around the marina a bit and got the suggestion to head to Hop a Nose marina in Catskill. We found them in the GPS and it said we would be there at about 3pm. When we called they said no problem, come on in and they could probably get to us that day. Unfortunately several other boats had the same idea and beat us in. We decided to tie up and spend the night. The owner was nice enough to tell us what we needed to do to prep the boat to have the mast taken down and we spent the next several hours figuring out how to get the sails off, take off the boom and loosen the stays. That night we all headed to the near by ice cream shop for a treat. They had a bunch of little rides like what one might find outside of a Wal-Mart or Meijer and Belle quickly found some kids her age to play with, we hung around until dark then headed back to the boat for the night.