Casual Thursday Night Sail

Since Cool Change was not racing last night, the owners of Karma, Sue and Reg Aiken were kind enough to invite the crew for a booze cruise. It was a great night as the sun set and the cool front started to roll in. Karma is a 41 foot sloop of some unique boat designer or builder. Below she is in beautiful condition with the detailed wood work, spacious salon and berths. Above deck she is beamy and spacious as well. We sailed with the main and jib for a while so we could all feel the rush of some wind and heel but after a few legs in the bay, we decided to furl the jib to flatten her out and enjoy our snacks and drinks.

I took a turn at the helm and it felt really nice. She stayed flat and straight with an average of 4 knots under main alone. I got her up to 4.5 which I thought was pretty nice for being under main alone. A great sail with nice folks.

The weather seems to be improving. Although the time change is around the corner and evening sailing is going to dark, the winds will be nice and it will be real nice to sail on Saturdays or Sundays in warm cloths or at least not dripping in sweat. Let's see if any sailing happens this coming weekend.

Thursday Night Raefore ce

I met up with the crew from Cool Change for the Thursday Night Race at DIYC. The weather lately has been beautiful with mid to lower 80's temps and clear skies with good winds. The wind for race time started off light but built just before race time. It was a short race course but a long last leg. There was only one Spinnaker run that I was the trimmer for.

All in all a great sail and a great time.

Problems Fixed

I know I have not posted in a while but I have also had some difficulties in some setting with Blogger. Seems all is fixed from that end now.

The last sail I did was on Jessie's O'Day. It proved to be another experience worth noting. It was a great sail from what I can remember. The day was nice, winds were good and we were sailing along. we decided to head in since a storm cloud was building and things looked like they would get a little rough. When I tried to drop the head sail, I notice a frayed part of the forestay closer to the top as opposed to the bottom. Needless to say, the hanks from the head kept getting caught on the broken wire and it kept getting worse as I had to force the sail down.

It was a mess but I got the sail down just in time as the winds kicked up. I used the halyard as a support for the forestay and we were able to motor in just fine. I understand it is all fixed and hopefully we will be out sailing again soon.

So although not much to report, the plan is a Thursday night race on Cool Change, maybe some weekend sailing with Jessie, Reggie is planning an overnighter in late October, plus Pat and I are going to do the next bunch of Sunday races at DIYC. The weather has been awesome, mid 80's and the winds have been real nice as well. I'm looking forward to some fall sailing.