I'll attach a few photos from my trip... They show the dock, Ft. Massachusetts and a look from the western tip back to the fort.
Good Cruise from Lake Pontchartrain to Mississippi
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Here's a youtube video of my return sail from Ship Island to Lake Pont, as I'm passing north of Cat Island in 20 kts winds and 3-4 seas. Mainsail reefed and genoa reefed to 40%.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkyC5-8vLAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkyC5-8vLAs
Photos from past Mandeville to MS trips
I had no idea there were so many people interested in the same reason I got into sailing. We bought our CAT30 in Biloxi with minimal experience in August of 2009. My son and I paid a young man to give us onboard training in route home in Mandeville, LA.
We completed a 5 day trip in April: Mandeville to Slidell, anchored at Cat Island, past by Ship Island, caught a king mackerel, anchored at Horn Island, dragged an archor in the dark during a storm, repositioned anchor in the dark, surveyed multiple challenges, went through the Rigalets in the dark, and headed home. Great memories with my son!
A friend of mine from Houston and I completed a 5 day trip in October: Mandeville to Rigalets Marina under a perfect wing to wing, anchored at Cat Island and headed to Ship Island for a closer look. We had trouble starting the engine and ran aground. Swam to the beach, got a BP work crew to help pull us off the sand bar and headed to Pass Christian. We set the AutoPilot at a whooping 1 knot. We had plenty of time to trouble shoot and find the melted wire on the glow plug wire. As we were heading into port early, we realized that we still had refreshments that needed to be cleared before returning, so we had to tack one more time.
All three trips were great, challenging, and learning experiences. We saw plenty of dolphins and pelicans. Now I am in the process of rebuilding multiple parts of new engine. Learning fast and if interested I am posted several times under engine repairs. I enjoyed all of the comments and would enjoy posting more of my trips. I will post more photos if these make it to the site.
God willing, I plan at least 2 trips a year heading EAST to the islands.
I had no idea there were so many people interested in the same reason I got into sailing. We bought our CAT30 in Biloxi with minimal experience in August of 2009. My son and I paid a young man to give us onboard training in route home in Mandeville, LA.
We completed a 5 day trip in April: Mandeville to Slidell, anchored at Cat Island, past by Ship Island, caught a king mackerel, anchored at Horn Island, dragged an archor in the dark during a storm, repositioned anchor in the dark, surveyed multiple challenges, went through the Rigalets in the dark, and headed home. Great memories with my son!
A friend of mine from Houston and I completed a 5 day trip in October: Mandeville to Rigalets Marina under a perfect wing to wing, anchored at Cat Island and headed to Ship Island for a closer look. We had trouble starting the engine and ran aground. Swam to the beach, got a BP work crew to help pull us off the sand bar and headed to Pass Christian. We set the AutoPilot at a whooping 1 knot. We had plenty of time to trouble shoot and find the melted wire on the glow plug wire. As we were heading into port early, we realized that we still had refreshments that needed to be cleared before returning, so we had to tack one more time.
All three trips were great, challenging, and learning experiences. We saw plenty of dolphins and pelicans. Now I am in the process of rebuilding multiple parts of new engine. Learning fast and if interested I am posted several times under engine repairs. I enjoyed all of the comments and would enjoy posting more of my trips. I will post more photos if these make it to the site.
God willing, I plan at least 2 trips a year heading EAST to the islands.
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