One Month to Go

It’s one month until the north-bound delivery crew pushes off from the dock to take Apparition to Block Island. After a winter of planning and a spring filled with prepping and practicing, we are finally at the point where we can panic.

Okay, maybe panicking is not in order. After all, we did spend all that time planning and prepping for just this event, so maybe it’s more about letting the action start. As we switch gears for Racing at Block and the deliveries to and from, now we only have to deal with the unexpected.

Steve already found one unexpected hardware issue. It turns out that 20 years on the transmission was just about all it was ready to take. In a preemptive joust with engine problems, Steve decided it was best just to replace the transmission. That’s probably for the best because I’m not really a big fan of dealing with transmission issues 40 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Of course, prefect weather and we’ll not use the engine until we are docking in the Great Salt Pond. But deliveries never seem to be about perfect weather.

I did notice crew this weekend talking about the logistics of how to feed everyone and just how everything will get to the island. The juggernaut that is Apparition Racing will soon start it’s trek. Fortunately the vessel Apparition moves at a much faster pace!