#fall sailing

[sailclassy]

best sailing practice so far this fall

[friendofthesea]

Endless Summer

An endless summer is something all sailors wish to achieve, but the inevitable has happened and fall is upon us. I have been busy throughout August and September. Busy Sailing, busy with family, soccer, clambakes, etc. I haven't posted recently although I have been sailing, never as much as I would like, but getting out there none the less. I took a week off in early September to go on a sailing trip, but poor weather combined with house chores and buying car I ended up staying put settling for a few day sails here and there. A lot has happened with the boat. I did a lot of day sailing in August. In early September both my halyards became jammed and I had to go aloft and disassemble the mast head and fix the jammed halyards. I took some friends out on the boat for Labor Day Cleveland Air Show which is always a good time.

My daughter Madeline and her friend Allie had a good time!

I was able to get a few (3rd person) photos of me sailing my boat when my dock neighbor and I went out one time. This is something i've always wanted to do but never really had the opportunity.

I also went out one day with Sean. We sailed around in some rain squalls inside the breakwater, which was kind of exciting and something I never really do. We hit 7.5 knots of speed during the gusts! Most of my sailing is on beautiful warm days. The weather can vary quite a bit here on Lake Erie. 80 and sunny last week. 55 and rainy windy this weekend. This is a photo of me when the sun popped out for a minute. This photo also shows my reefing setup used when the wind is above 15 knots.

Most recently Sean and I went for a quick run North around the Crib and back in record time. 1 hour 15 minutes approximately. I also believe we recorded my fastest overall average boat speed of 5.2 during this trip using full main and 130 jib. Max speed was 6.8. The wind was brisk 12 knots but was dying on the way back otherwise it might have been faster. Sean took a time lapse recording of 30 minutes condensed into 2 minutes using his go pro camera. You see us tack and round the crib near the end of the video.

It may be a little colder and darker but I'm going to try and squeeze as much sailing into October as I can!