Skippers Log Chicago

Sept 10-15th 2013

We had a good day sail on Sept 10th to meet up with Bliss II and spent a great night in Milwaukee.  The following day we once again motored to Waukegan. After a good sleep we motored all the way to Hammond Marina on the Chicago East side.  I will let Linda bore you with all the details of the casino, the marina, the gambling, the winnings and the live show.  I'm more of a practical kind of guy.  On friday Sept 13th we motored two miles from the marina to the Calumet river to Unstep the mast. We had the strongest northern wind we saw the entire trip with 8 to 12 foot  waves.  We then stripped the sails and the rigging to prepare, pack and ship the mast. Believe it or not, all went well. Skyway Yacht Works did and amazing job they were very professional and friendly.  Our cost for unstepping the mast, packing supplies and loading it on the truck was $485.00. Not including the shipping which was another $300.00 per mast. The transport company showed up, loaded and was gone while we were doing finishing touches to DevOcean.  All and all a great day as everything fell in to place. Thank God I'm not superstitious but I think it helped having a few of my toes crossed as my hands were occupied.

Follow up: Stepping the mast at Turner Marine Mobile Alabama