Only two sailing dates this week. The first seemed like a gift from God. It was Wednesday afternoon and hence the appointed time for the Old Salts. But all week the weather guessers had forcast severe storms starting at 4 pm. These were likely to get us wet and spoil the apres sail libations. But I has said i'd be there and seven of the ten who had lunch at the Club came out on I
LENE. And the wind was strong enough to move the boat at about six knots and we got further than usual, to about 1/3 of the way from Execution rocks to Matinecock, on a beam to broad port reach, before beating back to the mooring and enjoying the party. The rain did not come until after we were all back home.
The other sail date was on Sunday with Sid and Jan, who have sailed with us aout once a year since before I met Lene back in 1997. Mendy also came along and he is so strong at grinding and is "learning the ropes". Sid worked with me and is an expert on the legal nuances of software license agereements, now retired. We had a wonderful tim
LENE up to 4.4 knots for the first half hour but then it died and we motored slowly the remainder of the four hours we were underway.
e catching up with each other even though the sailing itself was punky. We had a gentle breeze getting I
And The day before was a fundraiser baebecue for the Club run by volunteer members with food and beverage contributions and a big crowd. Tthe weather cooperated and it was scheduled at high tide. Mendy was there and Jerry, who was former member but now spends most of his time in Florida and enjoyed meeting old friends.
And there was also a large family party was run by our caterer upstairs so: "a full house".
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