More work, Less fun

We tried to take the boat out again tonight; but were met with limited success. We paddled out to open water and tried to start up the motor with no luck. Just like last night, we did not have the key for the killswitch on the motor, and just like last night we attempted to trick the killswitch with a piece of string. Unlike last night, however, the motor did not want to run more than a few seconds. Our wishful thinking is forcing us to blame the problem on the killswitch, but I am skeptical as to whether the solution is going to be that simple. The next time we take the boat out we should know for sure as I found the key just a few seconds after returning to shore.

Despite not getting the motor running, we made a lot of progress on the boat -- the mast is up and the stays and spreaders are in place; all we need to do now is put the boom on and run up the sails. With any luck, we'll be sailing it this weekend.