s/v YOLO Swab's Log Blog Day 292 Entry 064 PART 8 of 8 DRYING LAUNDRY

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Posting Date:  Thursday, March 6, 2014
Day 292 Entry 064

Boot Key Harbor and Marina Mooring #W10  http://www.ci.marathon.fl.us/government/departments/marina-and-ports/

Actual Date:  January 27, 2014 Monday    
Weather:   Cold. Cold. Cold.  But no snow!   Temperature dropped to 52 degrees and the wind gusted to 30 mph.  But it is warmer here than most places in the country!

Now for the drying part of laundry!

On a sailboat the rule is that any one item must have at least 2 uses.  When we were discussing what to bring with us back in May I surrendered all and any holiday decorations.  It was agreed that if we had enough room that I could buy 1 decoration per holiday, which would be an extravagance of wasting space.  So when Halloween came around I bought a plastic pumpkin.  I put a light in it and hung it off the stern.  

I brought clothespins from home, but keeping them in a plastic bag was problematic.  So I needed something to keep the close pins in.  Then I thought of the jack o lantern!  It had a handle.  The top opening is wide enough for easy access to the clothes pins.  It is large enough to hold the clothes pins.  It can be easily stored in the laundry bucket when not in use.  I will be able to use it for 11 months out of the year.  I only to have to use something else for 1 month. 

I not only strung clothes line on the deck from the mast to the genoa and back.  I also strung lines in the v-berth, salon, and stern cabin. 

Also being in Florida the clothes dry in 2 to 3 hours.  If it is windy the close dry even sooner, but I have to use 10 times the number of close pins!

Drying laundry aboard YOLO in 30 mph winds!

Sea u later!