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When first moving to Michigan from Florida and before bringing my boat up, I sailed on a friends Ericson 27 in their club's end of season "Frost Bite Series".
Although lots of fun many boaters had already pulled because of the colder weather - (Other than the die-hard or naive ones like me.)
The one thing making it a GREAT DAY as we finished the race and headed back in was the Captain breaking out his traditional bottle of "Yukon Jack" to warm our hearts, souls and mind. It was pretty tasty and did in fact take the sting out of that oh so cold day. While I really don't race anymore, I do keep a bottle of Grand Marnier for those last few (not as cold) sails in the fall.
For my own warming traditional concoction, I purchased a nice set of acrylic cordial glasses from Amazon but needed something to keep them from magically coming to life and doing olympic gymnastics from the shelf to the cabin sole every time the boat heeled even a little.
Using remaining pieces of Teak from our total refit, I fashioned a "Cordial Tray" to hold the glasses and also be used a serving tray. We then added some custom vinyl graphics as well to personalize it. ...I still do have the plans I created should anyone want and can easily create a pdf of them - if interested??
Although lots of fun many boaters had already pulled because of the colder weather - (Other than the die-hard or naive ones like me.)
The one thing making it a GREAT DAY as we finished the race and headed back in was the Captain breaking out his traditional bottle of "Yukon Jack" to warm our hearts, souls and mind. It was pretty tasty and did in fact take the sting out of that oh so cold day. While I really don't race anymore, I do keep a bottle of Grand Marnier for those last few (not as cold) sails in the fall.
For my own warming traditional concoction, I purchased a nice set of acrylic cordial glasses from Amazon but needed something to keep them from magically coming to life and doing olympic gymnastics from the shelf to the cabin sole every time the boat heeled even a little.
Using remaining pieces of Teak from our total refit, I fashioned a "Cordial Tray" to hold the glasses and also be used a serving tray. We then added some custom vinyl graphics as well to personalize it. ...I still do have the plans I created should anyone want and can easily create a pdf of them - if interested??