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Day Sailing in October

We made it out both days for a couple hour sail each time. Saturday was pretty winds with gusts that kept us on our toes and yesterday was calm and relaxing.

Overall it was a great weekend to be on the water.

October 19th, 2008 Posted by Captain | Day Sail | no comments

New Dinghy

It was a gorgeous weekend, but we didn’t get any sailing in. Blake was sick all weekend and had a fever Saturday. He was doing better yesterday morning and did make it to school. This coming weekend is supposed to be just as nice, so we’ll be out on the water for sure. It’s storming at the moment though and is supposed to last through tomorrow.

We did ordered a new dinghy today from BoatsToGo.com. Very good customer service who has been prompt in returning emails. Even price matched a competitor who I didn’t choose to purchase from due to the lack of customer service.

Below is a pic. It is 7’6″, which should fit on our deck nicely while underway. It is inflatable with a high pressure inflatable floor and v-keel, so we’ll keep it below deck during the days we daysail and keep it on deck otherwise. Our current dinghy is about 9’6″, so it takes up a lot of space on the deck. It also doesn’t tow well at anything above about 4.5 knots, so I hope the new dink performs better in that department too.

We’re still going to use the electric motor though. I typically take our dog to shore to do her business around 5am; that’s easy to sneak over and do using the electric motor without disturbing other camped boaters, so we’ll stick with that for now.

Just as our current dink is apparently easy to spot, being not your typical dink, the new one should be easy to spot as well with it’s large name “Saturn” plastered on the side.

October 6th, 2008 Posted by Captain | Maintenance | no comments