Fantastic sailing today

[alsantini]

This makes 3 great sails in a row.  First a evening sail complete with a beautiful sunset, then a steady 12-14 mph sail with 3 friends and today....  We left the dock at 10:00 with winds out of the NW of about 15 mph with full sails up.  The friend I was with (Tom) is an accomplished sailor so a little heeling was of no consequence to him.  And we did have some heeling.  Winds picked up to 18 or so and I was just about to put in a reef when we both said "Nah"  At one point the Eclipse made a high of 6.8 mph - not bad.  New GPS unit is fantastic and so easy to read even in the bright sun.  I know it was a good day since my desk here at home is still moving....

[Salty19]

Not bad!  That's 5.9 knots...that's very respectable indeed!

[lkm]

I'm Jealous.

[alsantini]

Figure a pic is in order and I will try out the new method....  Sunset over Pastakee Lake, northern Illinois

[captronr]

Great pic!

I went out to check my boat today (tarped in storage).  D*mn birds have built another nest above the boom where it rests next to the mast.  Last time  I brought the boat home to clean it up, there were two young birds in the nest when I untarped it.  The young 'uns flew off, but since the boat went back to the same spot, figure the same two built  a new nest.    I'm gonna have to put a 2nd tarp over the back end to try to seal it up a little bit.

Can't wait my till my hand heals and I can sail again.

Take Care,
Ron