[gallery=”115_1588″] It was Saturday and the temperature was somewhere in the sixties on the dock. The wind was strong (10kts, gusting up to 20kts), and the sky was overcast. It was 1:40 and I was preparing the boat Joe and I would take out that day, a Cal 22. Another boat was […]
On Saturday (9/25/2004) I took part in my first regatta at the Lanier Sailing Academy. There were 13 sailors out for the gold that day, and boats and crew were randomly paired. I was assigned to West Dog, with Bill as the skipper. It came to light that Bill was […]
After two weeks off (due to taking a break after Allegria and then being turned back at the dock due to Hurricane Frances), on Saturday I made it back out onto the water along with Kristen. We got out of the slip without incident (seems they had tuned Georges Dog’s outboard […]
Today we took out Allegria, a 27′ Hunter boat, crewed by myself, brother Glenn (see below entry), and brother Scott. I’m a novice, and I’ve taken out boats over 20ft in length six times now. They have, between them, been out once on such a boat. Perhaps this should have served as […]
“I think I like power-boating.” - Anonymous, overheard on the sailboat this weekend. Morris and Nichole came out on “the” sailboat this weekend. Morris’ first trip in some time, Nichole’s first ever. The wind was good for August, or so I am told, which made disembarking with the […]
