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Wind in your sail! 8)
Well! What do ya know? Here's my afternoon view.
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Forecast was perfect for an overnighter. SW wind today; NE tomorrow. Nice run up; nice run back (hopefully).
Gonna get chilly tonight though; upper 30's. I'm bundled up .
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More to report later.
Oh, yea, that's a pretty sight, Riley.
THAT'S the way you do it! The mast-up storage is the bomb! Ten minutes and I'm sailing. There wasn't much wind but enough to sail. I watched dolphins on the western end of the lake feeding for about 10 minutes as I slowly got closer. I was hoping to get really close but the scallywags departed before I got there. I sailed through the cut into the river and thought about a run upriver but it was getting late. And I kept remembering what I was smelling when I launched, so I headed back and had a fine prime rib po-boy and fries. I'd say a really nice outing and very peaceful.
The Boat Club is actually a part of the former veneer mill that has sat for as long as I can remember on the edge of Krebs Lake. It's more saltwater than fresh, although the fresh will take over when it starts raining. Back when I was a child, they'd have a raft of logs in the water. Well, while they were building docks and ramps and things, they recovered some of those logs that had sunk and the walls of the bar are lined with the wood. Very beautiful....I didn't find out what kind of wood it was but will the next time I see the owner.
Tonight one of my classmates that went all the way through school with me is playing music there. Sonya and I ware planning on listening for a while and it'll be good to see Stuart. It's been about ten years. Pic is the wood layering the walls of the bar. All four walls are covered with it. I shudder to think how much you would pay for it today.
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more..
The gaff rig is a LITTLE more difficult to set than your normal rig. My normal procedure (solo) is to get in a good open spot, raise the motor, hoist the sail, and get it somewhat set. The boat will come into the wind upon this action, and you'll be required to get the tiller and get her in the groove before once again tightening halyards. In the first picture, I had adjusted from the initial. It STILL wasn't perfect but better and that was good enough on a sunny, quiet day :D In this pic, it shows the initial set before I had to chase the tiller. This is a bit higher than normal at the mast, but the wind was light and I wanted every inch to add to it. The sail is stalling in this pic as noted by the "stall warning" flap at the foot.
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