Month: August 2013

28-August-2013
My brother and I enjoyed a great sail.

Winds 15-20 knots, waves 2-4 feet, mostly overcast skies and temps in the mid 70s.

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On both Saturday and Sunday the winds were 10-20 knots, waves 1-3 feet, sunny skies and summer temps into the upper 80’s.

On Saturday, my wife and I went sailing with my college roommate from freshman year.

My wife and college roommate

Great sailing

On Sunday, my brother, a friend from work, his wife and I went out.

Friend from work and his wife…Land ho!

Another great day of sailing

18-August-2013
On Saturday my wife and I went sailing with friends and their 2 daughters. The day was beautiful, sunny, warm with temps into the mid 70’s. Wind speeds were about 8 knots and waves around 1 foot. A good time was had by all.

Friends…

…and their daughters

On Sunday I did my first single-handed sailing. I had a couple of small onboard projects to take care of then set out about 2:00. The weather was identical to Saturday’s. I had to work real hard to get permission from my wife to go out single-handed. She was sure she would become a widow. I promised to wear my life vest and a harness. There were no problems, only sun and fun.

Life vest, harness and tethered to the boat

Great day for a single-handed sail

On Sunday, I went sailing with my wife, daughter and father-in-law.

It was cloudy with temps still unseasonable cool at 66 degrees.

Winds started out brisk in the 10-15 knot range but subsided to 5-8 about half way through our 3 hour sail.

On Thursday evening my daughter and I went out of a nice and relaxing sail.

The winds started out in the 10 – 15 knot range, but ended in the 5 – 8 knot range.

We had a very short period when we hit 6.4 knots, but spent most of the time around 4.5 to 5.0 knots.

The Thursday evening racers were out as well so we had some company.