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Alma:
Great minds think alike.

A note on rigging- ALMA's rigging takes a beating. We sail most weekends 6 months offshore.

Except for the forestay which was included in a new furling system, ALMA's rigging is ORIGINAL!

Inspect your new boat's rigging but don't fall for the replace because of age alone rap. It has put many riggers spawn through college!

The material used in the 1970's and 80's Pearsons was made to LAST.

I have a perfect original forestay (40 years old) in the loft of my garage if you're stuck...

Dress warm. Check your VHF and stay on board. Your boat will be as cold as the water...

Welcome aboard.

PS We thought of a bigger boat a few years ago. We shopped and shopped.

Nothing came close.

The Great Godsea:
Hello Michael.
I add my Greetings and welcome to the site.
I picked up Hull 265 and renamed her "Great Godsea" in 2013, my first boat ever, and I  haven't had a moment of regret.
Ironically, I am moving her to the  western long islandish area this year as well... from Liberty Harbor in Jersey City to Castaways Yacht Club in New Rochelle.

I'm hoping the move will make it easier/quicker for trips out to newport, block and the vineyard this summer.
Anyway, lean on the folks in this forum. they REALLY know their stuff. All great people.
Best Regards,
Mark Godsey

Derrick:
Welcome Michael, enjoy. 323 are super salty. I was out at mine yesterday stripping of the cover and getting ready for some pre launch projects. Can't hardly contain myself ;D ;D

Valor:
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Just a little update on the trip.

 We were obsessive about the weather forecast for the week up to and the morning of the trip. Predictwind and NOAA foretasted 10-17 knot winds all day. The weather was what was reported for the start of the leg but was way off for the rest of the trip.

Day 1 63 nm. - Sat the 8th we left at 0630 and motor out for the first five miles. temps were in the high 30's with 15 knots at 75 degrees to starboard and we had about 1 knot of push from the current. We put the 130 genny up and were cruising at 6.8 knots for about 90 minutes or so as per the GPS.  At about 9am, as we were approaching Point Judith, RI we were slammed with 30 knot winds off the beam then nose and 4 to 6 foot chop, garbage confused water for the remainder of the day. In came the sail and we motored the remaining 45 miles to Niantic CT against a 2 knot current. Arrived at 3 Bells Marina around 7pm soaking wet.

Day 2 49nm- 8am start. Great morning to afternoon. Wind changed direction and doubled its speed to 20-25's. On the nose for the remainder of the day. We decided to take the long way around Fishers Island because it was close to low tide and I never navigated the marked "short cut" on the north side of the island. To many shoals and I didn't need the drama. Down came the sails and we motored the remainder of the day. Arrived in Port Jefferson around 530 but didn't dock until 6pm because we were behind a ferry that stopped to let the out going ferry leave the harbor before he proceeded in, and I was not going to jump in between 2 ferries.

Day 3 36nm- 7am start. Dead calm. The Sound was like glass. Motored in. Arrived at 1220pm.

Boat hauled at 1330 immediately after we arrived, Mast came off today. I took two weeks vacation time from work and start my 2 week marathon tomorrow, running all new wiring tomorrow, LED everything on the mast, new anemometer, wind vane and a new antenna, autopilot and B&G Zeus2 chart plotter. Rigging was inspected and passed today and all new running rigging is being ordered in the next 2 days. Boat should be back in the water before May 1st. I will be doing all of the work so I will try to take pics along the way and post them in the appropriate area's.

20 gallons of diesel used for the entire trip. Zero issues and nothing broke. Lessons learned: Weather forecasts are predictions and sometimes they can be very wrong.

Be well.

Michael M

rnebergall:
Agreed on weather forecasting.  Glad you made it safely, without break-down.

Good luck with your ambitious agenda, good stuff all.

Roger

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