Went sailing last night . . . . . .

CaptainScott · Post by **CaptainScott** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:56 am

Caught up with an old high school buddy of mine.

You know the one, when I was in trouble, he generally was there sitting with me in the same trouble! LOL!

We basically grew up together sailing on Sunfish sailboats and when I upgraded to a Chrysler Dagger he sailed it almost as much as I did!

Last night was the first time in probably 25+ years we sailed together!
We left the dock in Destiny with a NOAA promise of 10kts of a North wind.

Yeah right. It was flat calm. We motored out into the sound, shut off the engine and chatted remembering the good ole days! At the same time we noticed a very gentle breeze at our backs! Yeah! 2 kts! Just enough to give Destinys sails some shape! So out came the main and then the jib. We ghosted along at 0.2 kts for a while with otto continously complaining. It is hard for an autopilot to steer in near calm winds!

As the day grew longer the wind slowly built . . . .3kts . . . . 4.2 . . . 4.6 . . . . .

Finally,
As we made our final tack and headed back the winds were blowing 18, Destiny was in her groove and we were making a steady 6.7 kts in a tight reach for a good ride home! We enjoyed a wonderful sail with 1 foot or less seas, warm sunshine, and great rekindled friendship!

As the sun went down, we slid Destiny into her slip,tied her up, and headed to the local brewery for some dinner and more chatting!

All and all a very fine afternoon!
Scott

astrorad · Post by **astrorad** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:12 pm

It can't get too much better than that can it ??

cs3079 · Post by **cs3079** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:58 pm

Sounds like a great time for two buddies on a boat. More time talking, less time tacking.

CaptainScott · Post by **CaptainScott** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:44 am

astrorad wrote:It can't get too much better than that can it ??

Not really! It was a very nice relaxing eveining. No hurries, no worries, no one saying "What time are we going to" whatever . . . Just a nice low key evening!

Scott

sauerleigh · Post by **sauerleigh** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:58 pm

I always find it kind of neat being the last pleasure boat out in a city of something a little less than a half million people. A good breeze from the southwest, about 65 degrees out, good Scotch and a couple of friends from work. No agenda, no specific coarse, just the experience. Life is good.

hp18carr · Post by **hp18carr** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:36 am

This may not fit here but at times I just sit back with a cold one on ice... (Pepsi) and look at my C26 project. like the rest no agenda, no specific course... just the pleasure of knowing the distance yet to travel is not as far as it once was.

Terrence
Wilmington N.C.
Chrysler 26' 1980
Pandora (for now)

lecker68 · Post by **lecker68** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:03 pm

Sounds like you had a good time. I went out teaching a friend to sail his Encinada 20 in 8Kt wind and when we got done he decided to put it on the trailer.

Alanhod · Post by **Alanhod** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:11 am

Nice!

Thanks
Alan