Norma T sits in winter storage right now. No, we’re not able to have the fun of sailing it right now.
BUT, my wife is enjoying a minor winter project of assembling this 1,000+ piece puzzle she was given at Christmas. My daughter had a puzzle made from a photo she took of my wife and me sailing with our three grandkids last summer. I believe we are in a race here, succeeding at not being last. (Actually, we stayed ahead of several other boats.)
NOPE, I’m wrong with the photo. I noticed there is no mizzen mast in the thwart and the motor is running. This was taken in 2020 during “Gramma Camp.” I had just finished building the hull but the sails were still on back order, due to the shut-down. So, this is the first time we took the kids out in the boat, just motoring around on the local pond, enjoying the day. It occurred before I started this thread.
I did not sail Norma T NEARLY enough during 2022. I was distracted by finishing my ski-boat build and getting used to Avocet (the CS17m3 that I purchased in fall of 2021.) I plan to make 2023 a season of LOTS of messing-about with my “fleet”.
Seeing the puzzle project on the kitchen table reminds me of how happy I am that I built this CS15.