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Saturday Day Sail

Captain — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:38:47 +0000

April 4, 2009…

Went on a day sail over to McRee for lunch. When we departed our marina, wind was coming almost directly from the East at 12-15 knots with gusts to 20 knots, but seas were a bit rough with very short wave action. Once we rounded Navy Point heading to McRee we had the wind and seas following, so it made for a more comfortable sail. The wind/waves remained about the same through the day with sky being partly cloudy.

The usual crew were onboard with guests being Laura, Wendy, and Scot. Scot enjoyed himself quite a bit as he took the helm for a spell.

Laura at the helm:

Blake being silly:

After returning to our slip later in the afternoon, we enjoyed cocktail hour on Monomoy before heading over to the Oar House for dinner.

Day Sail

Captain — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:29:55 +0000

We went out for a few hours yesterday (03/18/09). We took some family (sis and bro-in-law), who are down from Wisconsin, out to experience Pensacola Bay. The wind was 12-15 knots and gusting to 20 knots with chop, although for some reason the photos don’t seem to depict the conditions experienced. Wasn’t a smooth day for sailing, but we were on the water.

Scot at the helm (brother-in-law):

Erika and Susan (niece and friend):

Scot and Laura (brother-in-law and sister):

First Sail of the Year

Captain — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:54:05 +0000

First sail of the year! It was a great day to be on the water. It was just a two hour sail, but to be sailing in January is awesome!

Day Sailing

Captain — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:50:36 +0000

It was a beautiful day for sailing today. I hope some or all of you had the opportunity to get out on the water at some point today. The Pensacola Bay was ruled by sailboats around 2pm; it was wonderful!

Day Sailing in October

Captain — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:49:52 +0000

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.

September Day Sail

Captain — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:48:27 +0000

Made it sailing today, but there was virtually no wind. It was probably around 4 knot winds to start, which carried us over to around Ft. Pickens, but then it died down to nothing, so we ended up motoring back. It was a day on the water though, so I can’t really complain. Hopefully Ike will steer clear and we will have some nice weather next weekend.

August 5, 2008

Captain — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:46:57 +0000

Went out this morning for about 2 hours and had a relaxing sail. Around 4-6 knots of wind and calm water. Looked like the PYC was getting ready to hold a regatta, because there were quite a few small boats heading out from there; perfect day for it.

July 26, 2008 – sailing

Captain — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:47:13 +0000

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 20, 2008

Captain — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:45:55 +0000

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 11 & 12, 2008

Captain — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:44:38 +0000

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.