I was putzing around on a couple of small projects on the boat when a friend from across the dock showed up and mentioned what a nice breeze we were missing.
Within 10min we were free of the dock and heading down the ship channel.
I ran the diesel harder than I ever have before to clear the traffic in the channel and she seemed to just eat it up.
When we were past Morgans point we raised the sails and shut down the engine.
The wind was blowing from the south at about 10-12knots.
With the big genoa and the full main we were fairly storming along at over 5.5 knots.
Turtle is SOOOOO much more comfortable to sail than the Starwind(my last boat) was. The Starwind was a great boat but this one just outshines her. The heeling was very comfortable and we approached the rail but not to closely.
My friend George is a very experienced sailor and is the first experienced sailor I have sailed with in years. It is very nice to have someone onboard who knows what you are talking about and is not afraid to do what needs to be done.
The third person on board, a friend of George, seemed to be quite comfortable even when we got the boat heeled over and charging right along.
This is the first REAL sailing I've done with Turtle since putting her in the water Oct 1st. While I've sailed her a couple of times single handed and last weekend with my daughter this was the first time it wasn't like work.
The extra set of experienced hands makes a world of difference.
George has to really watch the tides to sail his boat out of our marina because he draws about 5.5ft and as I only draw 3.3ft it's not so critical. I think he'll be crew more often.
The sunset was fabulous as we were coming back in. I missed the channel entrance in the dusk but we didn't run aground even then.
The only downside to the whole trip was a PAN PAN called as we were approaching our turn. It would appear someone jumped of the Fred Hartman bridge. Thats a drop of 170ft I think. We didn't hear much on th radio but the police boats and a USCG seemed to have the place pretty well covered. I figured we would just be in the way so we headed in to the dock and dinner.
All in all a really first rate few hours of sailing.
I decided not to sleep on the boat tonight but as its only a 30min drive each way I will be back for more tomorrow.
martin
Within 10min we were free of the dock and heading down the ship channel.
I ran the diesel harder than I ever have before to clear the traffic in the channel and she seemed to just eat it up.
When we were past Morgans point we raised the sails and shut down the engine.
The wind was blowing from the south at about 10-12knots.
With the big genoa and the full main we were fairly storming along at over 5.5 knots.
Turtle is SOOOOO much more comfortable to sail than the Starwind(my last boat) was. The Starwind was a great boat but this one just outshines her. The heeling was very comfortable and we approached the rail but not to closely.
My friend George is a very experienced sailor and is the first experienced sailor I have sailed with in years. It is very nice to have someone onboard who knows what you are talking about and is not afraid to do what needs to be done.
The third person on board, a friend of George, seemed to be quite comfortable even when we got the boat heeled over and charging right along.
This is the first REAL sailing I've done with Turtle since putting her in the water Oct 1st. While I've sailed her a couple of times single handed and last weekend with my daughter this was the first time it wasn't like work.
The extra set of experienced hands makes a world of difference.
George has to really watch the tides to sail his boat out of our marina because he draws about 5.5ft and as I only draw 3.3ft it's not so critical. I think he'll be crew more often.
The sunset was fabulous as we were coming back in. I missed the channel entrance in the dusk but we didn't run aground even then.
The only downside to the whole trip was a PAN PAN called as we were approaching our turn. It would appear someone jumped of the Fred Hartman bridge. Thats a drop of 170ft I think. We didn't hear much on th radio but the police boats and a USCG seemed to have the place pretty well covered. I figured we would just be in the way so we headed in to the dock and dinner.
All in all a really first rate few hours of sailing.
I decided not to sleep on the boat tonight but as its only a 30min drive each way I will be back for more tomorrow.
martin
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