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1987 Hunter Legend 37.5

Knotical Pt.5

Feb. 9, 2008…

Went sailing for the day. Weather reports called for sunny skies and 70 degrees, but it was overcast half the day, then partly cloudy the rest and probably only made it to 65 degrees. It was still a good time sailing though.

We departed the PSMC at about 9:45am CST and sailed over to Ft. Pickens for lunch, arriving around 1pm CST.

Ft. Pickens

HI

Of course Blake had to build a fort of his own.

Building a Fort

After we shoved off from Pickens (about 2pm CST), we headed over to Quietwater Beach for dinner at Hooters. My son loves their wings and root beer.

While on the bay, we were hailed over the VHF by Pan Dragon, which came fast on our tail.

Pan Dragon Behind Us

Capt. Kevin of Pan Dragon and a crew member sailed along side of us around to Quietwater, where Pan Dragon was anchored and the Captain and crewman boarded Knotical for a shore excursion to Hooters.

Once our belly’s were full, we shoved off from shore and went back out to Pan Dragon where Capt. Kevin offered to tow Knotical into home port while I and my family boarded his vessel for some evening music and drinks.

The wind had died off at this point and it was around 6pm, so we tied off Knotical to the stern of Pan Dragon, boarded, and enjoyed a 2 hour diesel powered run back into the PSMC channel.

It was a great time and we look forward to next weekend’s promising weather report.

Till then…

Fair winds.

February 9th, 2008 Posted by Captain | Knotical - WWP15 | no comments

Knotical Pt.4

Feb. 2, 2008…

Took Knotical out for a sail this afternoon. Spent around 5 hours just sailing around Pensacola Bay. It was a good time. My son, Blake, took the helm for the last 30 minutes and sailed us to the channel where I took back over and motored us into port.

We launched at the PSMC.

As we arrived back to port, I noticed that the sailing vessel Pan Dragon must have been awakened by her captain, because she wasn’t in her resting slip.

Blake sailing:

Blake Sailing

February 2nd, 2008 Posted by Captain | Knotical - WWP15 | no comments

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