So,the Admiral has dinner with her mom every Wed. night. I decided to ask my younger son out sailing with me ,his wife is down the ocean for a few days.
It was windy here yesterday (for me), I think 10-15 knots, gusts to 20.
I wanted to try out the largest of our 3 jibs, I knew the Admiral would have none of that on a windy day, my boy was "let`s go", although the promise of a riverfront restaurant dinner might have influenced that decision a little.
We had a blast, after a rough start getting the sails up , things settled down, we ran up river, tacking back and forth often, narrow river. (Locals: Middle river going to Hopkins Cr. to Steelefish grill.) We had her healed, than back up, both practicing controlling the lean. It turned out he enjoyed the gusts rather than shrieking at them.
Coming out of restaurant after dinner, we ghosted away from the pier until out in the river, out bound wind 3-5 I guess , wing /wing until we cleared the Wilson point peninsula, then wind on port beam running across Strawberry towards the end of the runway and Md. Marina.
By now, it`s full dark, moon astern. We had an awesome easy run in, him steering, me relaxing ,talking as we can`t very often.
I did learn about lights something important, this never had occured on the P18.
The bow light on this boat hangs on the pulpit on a small hanger. In the back side of the red/green fixture are 2 small holes (Mounting holes I guess,) maybe a #6 or #8 machine screw would fit through them. When I was repairing all the lights in the spring, I noticed this and thought "cool, I`ll always be able to easily see that the lights are working".
Well, at full dark , after looking ahead and those 2 lights shining through, after about 20 minutes it felt like staring into a policeman`s flashlight. Tough on the eyes, that was sure. Sat. AM repair list just got a new #1 item, plastic plugs and black tape.
Absolutely loved the night ride though, good ride in. :dance: Dave
It was windy here yesterday (for me), I think 10-15 knots, gusts to 20.
I wanted to try out the largest of our 3 jibs, I knew the Admiral would have none of that on a windy day, my boy was "let`s go", although the promise of a riverfront restaurant dinner might have influenced that decision a little.
We had a blast, after a rough start getting the sails up , things settled down, we ran up river, tacking back and forth often, narrow river. (Locals: Middle river going to Hopkins Cr. to Steelefish grill.) We had her healed, than back up, both practicing controlling the lean. It turned out he enjoyed the gusts rather than shrieking at them.
Coming out of restaurant after dinner, we ghosted away from the pier until out in the river, out bound wind 3-5 I guess , wing /wing until we cleared the Wilson point peninsula, then wind on port beam running across Strawberry towards the end of the runway and Md. Marina.
By now, it`s full dark, moon astern. We had an awesome easy run in, him steering, me relaxing ,talking as we can`t very often.
I did learn about lights something important, this never had occured on the P18.
The bow light on this boat hangs on the pulpit on a small hanger. In the back side of the red/green fixture are 2 small holes (Mounting holes I guess,) maybe a #6 or #8 machine screw would fit through them. When I was repairing all the lights in the spring, I noticed this and thought "cool, I`ll always be able to easily see that the lights are working".
Well, at full dark , after looking ahead and those 2 lights shining through, after about 20 minutes it felt like staring into a policeman`s flashlight. Tough on the eyes, that was sure. Sat. AM repair list just got a new #1 item, plastic plugs and black tape.
Absolutely loved the night ride though, good ride in. :dance: Dave
