Not A Lot to Report

Well I have been a little lazy about blog posts but it has not been from a lack of interest, rather more attention in other areas like work. I have been doing some sailing but not as much as usual. I have done a few Sunday Races with Pat on Rebel Rose and those have been great because they are really the only sailing I'm doing these days. Work has me pinned a bit and I have had to pass on the Thursday Night for the time being. I did go out on Jessie's O'Day a couple of Fridays ago, after work. It was a good sail with a stiff breeze but because the winds could have built, we decided to go with a storm jib. It was a good choice as the other would have had us well heeled over.

I did meet this past Saturday with Sharon, Reggie's sister to help clean out his boat. We removed all his personal effects along with all the valuable items that were extra and not part of whatever may end up happening to the boat. Very sad to do that chore but also a reminder to reach for the goal of having a boat while one still has the youth and health to do so. She did give me some very nice things of Reggie which I will cherish. She gave me all of his nautical charts but I am especially fond of the two he had hanging in his home, which is a chart of the entire Gulf of Mexico and the chart for the Tampa Bay to Havana. I have had them both nicely laminated and hung in my office. She also gave me some other personal items like the Habana yacht Club hat that he got when we sailed to Key West last year.

I finished the USPS Piloting Course and will be taking the final exam this weekend. I just need to put together a few hours in a block so I can chart the course they asked for in the exam. So as you can see, not much to report. I am looking forward to re-reading the Weather Course book. I found that information so interesting and would like to refresh the material or getting my head around it a little better.

Here are some cool videos I have been keeping up with on The America's Cup



Checkout how fast these catamarans can take off