Are you sailing?
- Thread starter Ken Cross
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We just finished a 9 day vacation trip on the boat. Sailed over to Catalina West end and moored at Cherry Cove for 5 nights then motored down to Avalon ( absolutely dead calm ) for two nights then motor sailed to Dana Point for two more days before motor sailing back home to LA harbor. It was a nice way to end the summer here.
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Wrong- FOUR semis jackknifed on the road!!What a zoo- 2 1/2 hours to do 2 miles!!
lol You should have been with me on I 10 last Thursday. I was stopped dead. called my sister and told her I was in heavy traffic. She says- yes- on the news- a semi jack knifed on the road.
Wrong- FOUR semis jackknifed on the road!!What a zoo- 2 1/2 hours to do 2 miles!!
Worst weather this season! Every fall I count up my truck windshield float plans, ysuausu in the mid to high twenties. Counted them up last weekend, 8 so far ! My season is done Oct. 31.
21 Sept we motor sailed through Rich Passage facing a 3 kt flood. Upon exiting we enjoyed a lazy job only sail to Des Moines, Wa., Marina for a Hunter rendezvous. For the remainder of the 17 miles we averaged 4-5 kts. The wind died 1/2 mile from the marina but oh what a nice sail. My wife, being exhausted from the previous week!s events enjoyed a delicious nap in the forward stateroom. I was delighted to see her able to relax. Starboard tack all the way. Gotta love days like that. Headed to Port Ludlow Marina tomorrow for the weekend. Three weekends in a row. Yahoo
Hi Ken,
I'm just a degree or two down the sound from you. This past Saturday was a great casual charity race for Northwest Harvest Food Bank put on by SSYC. We brought the boat through the locks Friday night so we'd be ready for the skippers briefing at Shilshole at 9AM. and stayed over until Sunday morning so we could enjoy the after party fully. The race was tons of fun with winds at 16-18 and gusts to 20. The start line was off the north entrance of Shilshole with the first leg upwind around West Point and then a brisk downwind to a mark off Richmond Beach, with a second shortened pass to Meadow Point off Golden Gardens and back to the finish line. We were pretty well healed with a first reef on the main and the genny furled for the first upwind leg. Thereafter, we just kept the genny unfurled. Sun, great wind, no rain.....a trifecta of sailing for Puget Sound.
I had a broken strut about 3 years ago on my last boat, a 27' O'Day. Because access to the strut assembly would require removal of the fuel tank, an expensive job, and one I'd be chasing good money toward an original Atomic 4 engine (that ran decent....but realistically, how many more years of life would be in it?) - I decided to "remodel" with a 9.9 long shaft Evinrude outboard with electric start and lift. It turned out to be a pretty nifty choice. Removal of the old A-4 was no walk in the park! I was on the hard at Canal Boat Yard for almost a month!! Just more grist for the mill, I suppose. Hope all works out with your repair and your wife's healing.
Brad
I'm just a degree or two down the sound from you. This past Saturday was a great casual charity race for Northwest Harvest Food Bank put on by SSYC. We brought the boat through the locks Friday night so we'd be ready for the skippers briefing at Shilshole at 9AM. and stayed over until Sunday morning so we could enjoy the after party fully. The race was tons of fun with winds at 16-18 and gusts to 20. The start line was off the north entrance of Shilshole with the first leg upwind around West Point and then a brisk downwind to a mark off Richmond Beach, with a second shortened pass to Meadow Point off Golden Gardens and back to the finish line. We were pretty well healed with a first reef on the main and the genny furled for the first upwind leg. Thereafter, we just kept the genny unfurled. Sun, great wind, no rain.....a trifecta of sailing for Puget Sound.
I had a broken strut about 3 years ago on my last boat, a 27' O'Day. Because access to the strut assembly would require removal of the fuel tank, an expensive job, and one I'd be chasing good money toward an original Atomic 4 engine (that ran decent....but realistically, how many more years of life would be in it?) - I decided to "remodel" with a 9.9 long shaft Evinrude outboard with electric start and lift. It turned out to be a pretty nifty choice. Removal of the old A-4 was no walk in the park! I was on the hard at Canal Boat Yard for almost a month!! Just more grist for the mill, I suppose. Hope all works out with your repair and your wife's healing.
Brad
Were you one of those who raced that day? It seemed like a pretty stiff breeze for that. We were invited, but couldn't make it.21 Sept we motor sailed through Rich Passage facing a 3 kt flood. Upon exiting we enjoyed a lazy job only sail to Des Moines, Wa., Marina for a Hunter rendezvous. For the remainder of the 17 miles we averaged 4-5 kts. The wind died 1/2 mile from the marina but oh what a nice sail. My wife, being exhausted from the previous week!s events enjoyed a delicious nap in the forward stateroom. I was delighted to see her able to relax. Starboard tack all the way. Gotta love days like that. Headed to Port Ludlow Marina tomorrow for the weekend. Three weekends in a row. Yahoo
Ken
A short video of sailing last weekend in Lake Michigan near South Haven. This didnt seem right to me.
That's a little close for comfort but unfortunately, not that uncommon. I prefer lots of space
Since Lake Michigan is 22,000+ SQ Miles........it seemed they could have left a little more space between us. You could say I prefer a little space also.
Nice video. Its not the easiest thing to try to record sailing.....from the boat. There is only so many vantage points you can get.