I intended to do some sailing until I arrived and to my disappointment I saw the flags hanging lifeless from the marina flagpoles. Oh well, another boat work day, I guess. Work days are good, but sailing days are better.
Category Archives: Getting Started
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A boat I don’t know on a lake I’m not familiar with
….and then I sat there for several minutes….wondering if I was even going to go out. The wind had picked up to about 12 or 13 mph and for the first time in a long time I was apprehensive about going out sailing. What if something happened out there……I’m in a boat I don’t know on a lake I don’t know….
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That time I owned two boats…
When he finished, his friend commented, “Now that you bought the Catalina, are you going to sell the Hunter, or just start up your own fleet of sailboats?”
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A milestone….or hourstone?
I turned the boat into the wind and set the tiller tamer to hold course. As I stood up, I noticed I was slightly off the wind, so I moved the tiller ever-so-slightly. I heard a small “pop” and watched as the line holding the tiller fell away into the cockpit.
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Slight Mishap
The mishap occurred about twenty minutes before I became aware of it. I pointed into the wind, hoisted the mainsail and the jib. As soon as I fell off the wind a bit and the jib caught air I realized my mistake.. Twenty minutes before, while at the dock, I had rigged…..
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Doing that which I cannot do
There’s so much that I’ve yet to try, risk and achieve. Things that I’ll ultimately need to have at least a working knowledge of, but even better to have mastery of.
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I should have reefed
I got everything rigged up and was able to ‘back’ out of my slip unassisted by the outboard motor… I just let the wind push me out. I motored out into the lake and with the south wind, I set up on a beautiful point of sail somewhere between a beam reach and a broad reach on a port tack.
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One Step Closer
Just made a move that sets us one step closer to realizing the dream of living that lifestyle that so many of us desire.
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Well that was a fun sail
First thing I did when I opened the boat today was check the bilge. Not bad with only about 2 inches of water considering we’ve had some pretty good rain over the past several weeks. I did notice, however, that my ever-elusive v-berth leak is not completely gone.
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A minor accomplishment
A few days ago I achieved a minor landmark in my sailing career. I passed over the 100th nautical mile I’ve ever sailed.