Well, as pre-announce yesterday, we put my grandfather's catboat in the 
water today. We headed down to Sodus Bay at about 9am. We got there, and my 
grandfathers friend was waiting to help us. We got everything read(we raised 
the mast, etc.), and then we found out that a pulley at the TOP of the mast 
was on wrong. :( We decided to raise my dad up to the top(it was that or me, 
and he knew exactly what to do). We harnessed him in, and raised him up. 
Only, 
we couldn't raise him up high enough(we were lifting him from a lower down 
pulley).. :( We brought him down, and were getting ready to take the mast 
down, when my grandfather had the ingenious idea of just attaching fishing 
line(15 pound test) to the line, and run it through where the line is 
supposed 
to go, and then re-do the ropes, and bring it back up with the fishing line. 
:) We did it, and everything else went just right. :) We went to lunch, and 
went back to the mooring to take the boat for a spin. We took it out for one 
tack across the bay, and then came right back in. We had to get to a picnic, 
so we couldn't stay out long-- we just wanted to make sure everything was 
setup right, by taking it for a test run. :) Well, that's pretty much it. 
Now, 
my grandfather and I will probably go out at least once a week... :) That 
will 
be fun... :) I have found that tacking is probably the COOLEST natural 
thing(excluding air conditioners, etc.) you can do on a hot day. :)
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