PHOTOS: Furling the sails on another Newfoundland and Labrador sailing season
Joseph Gibbons
| Posted: Oct. 16, 2020, 1:40 p.m. | Updated: Oct. 16, 2020, 4:50 p.m. | 5 Min Read
The owner of the sailboat Amanda ties ropes to his craft as it was being prepared for removal from the water at the Holyrood Marina on Wednesday afternoon to be hoisted and carried via a heavy duty lift to its spot for the upcoming winter months. - Joe Gibbons
As fall moves on to winter, it’s now that time of the year when sailing is put from ship to shore and the pleasure crafts and sailing boats are removed from the waters and secured on dry land for the winter months.
This week, boat owners are gathered at the Holyrood Marina in the Conception Bay town to removing their boats and securing them on shore.
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Boat owner Dominic Broaders uses a pressure washer to cleanthe barnacles from the bottom of his 38-foot sailing boat, the Island Packet, at the Holyrood Marina on Wednesday afternoon after it was removed from the water and positioned there for the winter months. Broaders said he sailed the boat to the province from the Caribbean last year, thus the more-than-usual amount of barnacles. - Joe Gibbons
One of the boat owners, Dominic Broaders, said the sailing members of the marina assist each other in moving the boats and they have been removing anywhere from 10 to 15 boats daily. He said they expect to have them all out of the water within the next week or so.
Boats are not permitted to remain in the water during the winter season as per regulations, and also to avoid potential winter ice damage.
Wade Pennell and Cyril Martin are shown atop the 36-foot Nonsuch sailboat Moomba at the Holyrood Marina Wednesday afternoon as she was being prepped for storage for winter months. The Nonsuch line is a series of popular cruising sailboats built between 1978 and the mid-1990s by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catharines, Ont., with over 950 boats built. - Joe Gibbons
The Telegram visited the Marina this week, and captured some of the sights of the activity at the marina.
As the removal was taking place, other owners were preparing their docked boats for the winter season covering once they were on land and secured for the winter.
The boats will once again take to the waters in May for the 2021 summer sailing season.
Framed in the railings of another vessel at dockside, the owner of the sailing boat Déjà Vu coils ropes on Wednesday afternoon as his boat was being prepared for removal from the Holyrood Marina for the winter. - Joe GibbonsLift operator David Blackmore keeps any eye on things while at the controls as he hoists sail boats and pleasure craft from the waters of the Holyrood Marina on Wednesday afternoon. - Joe Gibbons
Jason Thistle prepares his craft for the winter drydock at the Holyrood Marina on Wednesday afternoon after his 36-foot sail boat Chummy Jigger was removed from the water. - Joe Gibbons
Boat owner Greg Butler prepares to toss down ropes to a sailing comrade as they lower the buoys from his boat, Scully, a British model, Ontario-made 32-foot 1980 Contessa sail boat. - Joe Gibbons
- Joe Gibbons
Lift operator David Blackmore slowly guides the sailing boat Boomerang into its winter resting place after it was hoisted from the water on Wednesday afternoon. - Joe Gibbons
Joe Hicks and Bill Ezekiel work on removing the navigational equipment from their 30-foot cruiser, the NL1342247, a former fishing boat, at the marina on Wednesday afternoon. - Joe Gibbons
