April 30, 2008…
Went out for an afternoon sail today and it was great. Temp was around 75 degrees and wind was around 15 knots. We just unfurled the Genoa today and leisurely cruised at about 7 knots. There were a couple of other sailing vessels out there enjoying the day as well.
After our sail, we headed back in and grilled burgers on the back of the boat while chatting with the marina neighbors. It was a good day!
Here is our little marina duckling friends, who we call Huey, Duey, and Luette.
Our son eating dinner and watching a movie. Kids have it so hard these days, huh.
Here is our view at the marina from the boat. This is looking across the bayou to the Oar House.
April 30th, 2008
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The dredge was finally out of our way, so we made it out for a few hours of good sailing. We grilled hot dogs on the boat for lunch and burgers for dinner and it was great!
April 26th, 2008
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Navigating Little Sabine Bay channel:
Sailing:
Enjoying the sail. The frog’s name is skipper; just days ago he was resting in a square plastic box with a claw overhanging that moved from time to time, until Carol came along and directed the claw to him and now he is sailing on Pensacola Bay. :
Cat out sailing:
Pensacola Bay Bridge in distance:
After passing the dredge in Bayou Chico; to stern:
Dredge pipe off starboard:
Pulling up to the new marina, Jody was awaiting our arrival:
April 21st, 2008
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Today starts a new book in the Harris Family Sailing Journal.
We are buying our new (to us) Catalina 27 today. The fella we are buying the new boat from will be heading to St. Pete on Monday the 21st to purchase the boat he is planning to buy to replace the boat he is selling us. We were originally supposed to complete our deal on Monday, but have moved it to today instead. The seller is a sailing instructor and already had classes planned for this weekend, so we agreed to complete the sale today, but with the allowance of him still using the boat over the weekend. So we’ll own the new boat as of today, but won’t transfer her to the new berth till Monday. We are excited about having the additional room for those overnight trips and about keeping the boat at a slip, so after a long day of sailing, we can just tie off and go home. Of course though with slip fees as they are, you pay for that luxury.
Knotical will also be sold today. The fella buying has already provided a deposit and is driving the ~8.5 hours this morning from Stuart, FL to purchase and will arrive around 2pm. We had discussed taking Knotical for a quick sail while he has me to show him everything about the boat, but the weather (mainly wind) doesn’t look like it will be favorable for the Potter, so I am planning to show him a dry run in the driveway. He is bringing a video camera to tape the dry run, so that he will have a reference video to study at home. The buyer is a first time sailor, which is the reason for me doing the dry run with him. He has never owned a sailboat before and is really excited about getting out on the water with one and has sailing lessons scheduled with an ASA class in Stuart sometime in the next week or so. He has three kids, so I am very glad that Knotical is going to a good family who will be able to catch the sailing bug together.
That’s all I have to report for now and will update once we actually have the new boat in her berth.
April 18th, 2008
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We haven’t had any sailing time in just over a month, which is unusual for us. We typically get in at least a weekend of sailing once a month during the winter and nearly every weekend during the summer. The last two weeks of weather haven’t been favorable for our Potter. Prior to that, our dog Buddy, became very sick, which was about 5 weeks ago and was diagnosed with a failing heart with only a week expected to live. She had been with us for a decade and never had any kind of health problems. The vet put her on a concoction of heart pills that we had to give her every few hours. We had a trip planned for Lawton, OK and was going to take Knotical with us, but we canceled in order to take care of Buddy. She ended up passing away on March 30, which was three weeks after being diagnosed with her heart condition. So we haven’t had any sailing time since she became sick, but it was worth it to be able to get a little more time with her.
April 17th, 2008
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