Went over in the morning to clean the boat from the day before, but it turned out to be such a nice day that we decided to shove off for a few hours of sailing. We wished we had our camera with us, cause it was a clear day and quite a few sailboats made it out to enjoy the bay. The wind was around 10 knots and the sea was near perfect. I hope next weekend is a repeat.
Made it out sailing twice. We shoved off around 1:30pm and sailed over toward the Bob Sykes Bridge; we returned around 5:30pm, went and picked up pizza to eat at the boat, then shoved back off for about 1.5 hours of night sailing.
All day long the wind was perfect and sea cooperative. We didn’t take any pictures of this day’s trip.
We were surprised that at any given time we only counted 2-3 other sailboats out and only a few boats (including stink pots) on the bay altogether. Perhaps many people we traveling out of town for the weekend, but I was have suspected many more vessels out on such a nice day.
May 17, 2008…
Had a great sail today. Wind started off around 6 knots in the morning and we shoved off at about 10:30am CST. We sailed for a couple of hours and threw out the hook over at Quietwater. We had hoped to tie up to the dock, but it was a busy Saturday, so we settled for tossing the hook and grilling on the boat for lunch; grilled chicken on a boat seems to have an extra good flavor to it. 
After lunch we pulled up the anchor and headed back out. The wind picked up and was about 9-10 knots, so it made for some good sailing. We arrived back to our slip around 5pm CST and hung out on the boat for another 1.5-2 hours before heading home.
No photos to show for today, but we did get in two short sailing ventures. We took my father & step-mom out for a sail around noon for a couple of hours till the wind picked up a bit and we decided to head back in to the dock for a bit to just hang out.
We ended up going over to the Oar House for dinner, before heading back over to the boat for a night sail. My brother also joined us for the night sail. Two sails in the same day, although only a couple of hours each, was fantastic!
May 4, 2008… We headed out about 9am, which was when the fog was supposed to lift, although it didn’t lift till around 11am. Today we had Jody, his wife, and daughter crewing with us. We all had a great time.
At one point the wind quit on us (around 11am), so we drifted in the bay and decided to go swimming.
We sailed over to Ft. Pickens to set the hook and have lunch; the wind finally decided to pick up.
The sail back was enjoyable with blue skies.
We arrived back to port around 3:30pm and our crew departed. We decided to hang around the boat and grill dinner before heading home.
We made it out for a few hours after the showers had passed. We took two of my brother-in-law’s and their SO’s out for a sail. The PYC held a small boat regatta that afternoon, so there were a number of other sailboat out in the afternoon.
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