Made it out sailing yesterday and had a good time for the first part of the day. Sailed over to Quietwater for lunch, then pulled the hook around 2:45pm to head back. We thought it was odd when we pass a couple of sailboats being towed in the opposite direction from where we were heading. We think we figured out the reason and it was to get away from the storm.
We sailed right into the storm and it was nasty. There was zero visibility at times; I’m glad I had GPS to easily track where to go.
Smiley…
Photo of our boat from shore…
Another boat out sailing…
Sailboat being towed…
In the rain…
July 26th, 2008
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Had a wonderful day of fun in the sun. Pulled out of the marina about 8:15am and headed to Ft. McRee.
We anchored around noon and grilled chicken on the boat for lunch before dinghying over to shore to let our son play in the sand with our new dog Pogo.
We pulled the hook up around 2pm and had a leisure sail back to home port.
July 20th, 2008
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Today my dad and stepmom took delivery of their brand new Gemini 105 “Moor Fun”.
For information on the Gemini 105mc, visit Performance Cruising.
July 17th, 2008
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Headed out yesterday morning and cruised over to Quietwater for the Blue’s dress rehearsal. Had a great time playing in the water all day.
We made the attempt again today but that plan was thwarted by the massive number of powerboats. We did make it out sailing though, but it was still cut short by the thunderstorms that rolled in.
July 12th, 2008
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July 2, 2008:
We made it out for about an hour in the evening. The bay had quite a few other sailboats all taking advantage of the rainless skies.
July 5, 2008:
Went out for about an hour. My wife didn’t go since she had a sinus headache, so my son and my brother-from-another-mother Jody, along with his two kids (son and daughter), went out. Jody’s son (lives in Orlando with Jody’s ex-wife) doesn’t boat much and had never been on a sailboat. The weather report claimed the bay was flat and only about 3-5 knot winds, which is perfect for poking along with kids aboard. Well the weather report was wrong. We got out there and the bay had white caps and felt to be 15-20 knot winds with higher gusts. Jody’s son got sea-sick from the heavy heeling and 1.5-2′ seas, so we turned around and headed in. When I got home, I checked the weather report again and it was reporting 20 knot winds with gust to 30 knots, so I don’t know where they got their initial data from that we relied on. At least we got out sailing if only for a short time.
July 6, 2008:
The weather report expected thunderstorms by late morning, so Carol, my son, and I decided to go sailing for an hour or two early on. We headed out about 9am and it was perfect. By 11am we were still enjoying the day and decided the weather still looked good and Ch 2 on the VHF wasn’t reporting anything new. We finally headed in about 2pm when the weather report mentioned thunderstorms brewing in the area and we made it in just as the wind was picking up considerably. The rain came down as I was securing the hatch boards and heading home. So it was a good 5 hour sail.
I hope the weather looks good this coming weekend, because we really hope to sail over to the beach to watch the air show.
July 6th, 2008
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