{"id":264,"date":"2013-07-07T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/07\/eds-excellent-adventure\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T21:39:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T21:39:33","slug":"eds-excellent-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2013\/07\/07\/eds-excellent-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed\u2019s Excellent Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did our first long distance sail this weekend.\u00a0 <\/span>Waukegan to Chicago and back.<\/p>\n

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My son-law’s brother, Andy, and I Left Waukegan at 11:20 in the morning on Friday and arrived at Belmont Harbor in Chicago at 7:45pm.\u00a0 <\/span>The wind was coming directly from the direction in which we wanted to sail, so we had to do a lot of tacking.\u00a0 <\/span>The trip was taking a bit longer than I wanted, due to the tacking, so I ended up using the engine for a few hours to speed things up a bit.\u00a0 <\/span>We were able to sail again the last few hours. <\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Andy at the helm approaching Chicago<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Belmont harbor\u2019s docks are nice, the scenery was great, but the public toilet facilities are disgusting and parking is an issue. Sure glad we choose Waukegan Harbor as our home.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Belmont Harbor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On Saturday, my wife, 2 daughters, a niece and my niece\u2019s boyfriend and I sailed down the Chicago lake front enjoying the beautiful skyline. We had a crew change in the evening when everyone, but one of my daughters left for home and my brother came onboard. The three of us had a very pleasant evening sail and got to see a pretty sunset and a rainbow over Navy Pier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Chicago Lighthouse<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Sailing past Navy Pier<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Chicago Skyline<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Rainbow over Navy Pier<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Sun setting in the west<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We returned to Belmont harbor for the stay Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Belmont Harbor Saturday night<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On Sunday, my brother and I headed back to Waukegan. We left at 11:00 am. The winds were much more favorable so the trip was shorter. With the winds at our back and following seas it was very relaxing. We got back to Waukegan at 6:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Leaving Chicago and heading back to Waukegan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Along the way we did a couple projects.
\nI added labels to the switches for the new electric flush toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Switch labels for the electric flush toilet<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

My brother bought a couple \u201cpool noodles\u201d and installed them on the stern rail by the stern seats for comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Making the stern seats more comfy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We installed line organizers that we had bought at the Strictly Sail boat show back in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\nFirst 3 line organizers installed on the port side<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And my brother hooked up a \u201cBluetooth\u201d system to the boat\u2019s stereo radio so he could \u201cjam tunes\u201d from his phone. The stereo is an older one with AM\/FM radio and a cassette player. He put together a system that connects his phone via Bluetooth to the cassette. \u201cRock and roll baby\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Line organizer installation complete and Bluetooth system install taking place<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

All in all it was a great way to spend a long weekend.<\/p>\n