Summer is almost gone. Albeit, judging by continuing cloudless skies and almost hot daytime temperatures it could just as well be the middle of summer.
Millennium Dragon is finally tied up at her home dock - a sad day in a way...another season is over. Of course, I could sail much longer, but daylight hours are at a premium. What does one do at anchor, after the sun goes down around 19:00? Read, solve Sudoku and crossword puzzles, listen to the radio, cook a dinner, watch the little fire in the fireplace, listen to music? Most of that consumes precious battery power for lights, and the solar panel does not get enough sunshine hours any more to keep up with all that wild consumption.
Chilly daybreak happens around 06:00 hours, but it stays chilly for at least another three hours, even if the sun is out. Rolling out of a warm bunk to prepare breakfast in a frigid galley, wipe almost frosty dew off the deck and face a muddy and heavy anchor is not something condusive to early risings.
At least the pleasant climate facilitates touching up brightwork (that is the wood that needs varnishing), waxing topsides, doing some mechanical and electrical maintenance in rather pleasant circumstances.
