Memorial Day Sail

[rwdsr]

Well I finally got to spend the night on my 16!  Went out Thursday night the 27th and launched her, and right around the corner from the marina is a small cove that fit the bill just right.  i threw out the anchor, and settled in for the evening.  It was everything I thought it would be.  Got up the next morning and made coffee and had breakfast on board and then went to the marina and got a slip for the weekend (another new experience) I've never rented a slip before but it sure was nice, just go to the slip, get in the boat and shove off.  Had 4 good days on the water, got the daughter in for her first ever sail and she liked it.  It's nice to have a full crew.  Even the dog seemed to like being out on the lake.  All in all it was a great weekend.

[bmiller]

Excellent! Having a slip sure can be nice.

[Greene]

Sounds like a great time.  What do you use to make coffee on board?  I may have to add that to my ever growing list of necessary items aboard.

Mike

[kickingbug1]

     glad you had a great memorial day weekend sailing your com-pac. hell how can you not

[rwdsr]

Mike,
I hate to tell this but I'm retired Army and have access to a bunch of packets of sugar, salt, coffee creamer and such out of mre's.  The MRE's have Tasters Choice coffee in them, so it's real easy to boil up some water and make a cup of coffee.  I also found a box of individual packs of Tasters Choice in the grocery store here a while back and added that to my provision box.  I can also brew coffee in a little pot I have on board, but I went real simple this time.

BobD

[Greene]

Simple is good!  The only thing Brenda and I have cooked on board is peanut butter n' jelly sandwiches.   At least we had some Amaretto in a thermos to have with our fine meal.  I may have to invest in a little Peak One stove or a rail mounted grill.  I'll bet someone makes a really nice little stainless one.

Enjoy your 16, they are great boats.

Mike

[Bob23]

   For my tastes, fresh coffee is as necessary as current charts. I use a Lexan french press purchased at Campmor, me thinks. The factory Origo stove heats the water in 8 minutes, steep the coffee in the press for another 4 or 5 and presto! fresh coffee at your fingertips. Sure, I have to clean it all up, but it's worth it to have the real deal. Life is too short for cheap wine, poor coffee and ugly sailboats!
   RW: Congrats on your first overnight...may many more adventures follow. I'm sure your daughter had a time to remember on her first sail ever. What better way to get hooked on sailing than with her father aboard a Compac. While my daughter has never taken to sailing all that much, we do enjoy some qyality time together aboard "Koinonia". Great to be away from the distractions of tv, cell phone, and computers and closer to reality!
Bob23

[rwdsr]

It really all came together for me this weekend.  I finally had the gas engine on the boat and it works real well.  If I have to use it, it cruises me at about 4-4.5 mph at about 3/4 throttle.  I used the anchor for the first time.  Up to now the only kind of anchoring I've done is on my fishing boat with a mushroom anchor or window weight, so I was a bit concerned about getting the anchor out right and getting it to hold me overnight but it worked fine.  I made and tried out a boarding ladder that worked fine, we went in for a swim twice.  Then on Sunday a storm blew in while we were coming back to the marina.  There were about 3 other sailboat out and for an inland lake, Kentucky Lake gets real rough at times.  I noticed that the other boats were dropping sails and fireing up their engines and running for the marina.  I ran for the marina too, but did it under sail.  I didn't drop the sails until we were just outside to breakwater.  We got her almost to the rail once and were running hard a couple of times, but never felt out of control or even apprehensive about it.  The daughter and grandson handled all crew duties real well I thought, but just before we took off to get back around to the marina we had sailed the couple of miles around to the campground we were staying at and ate a full dinner.  I didn't have any problem with that, but the daughter and grandson said that they felt a little queasy from the rolling and rocking that one time.  I told them if it looked like it was going to get serious to get their head well out on the lee side and be sure to miss the boat.  LOL  The grandson is dying to get out on an overnighter with me now.  I'm trying to talk him into crewing for me for the Lake Carlyle trip.  By the way, for those who were asking here a while back, I now have a handheld marine radio on board.  Got a nice couple in a motorsailer to give me a radio check over the weekend, so I know it works.  I put on a tiller tamer, and really like that, it makes controlling the boat so much easier.

[crazycarl]

I don't always drink coffee, but when I do, I prefer...Folgers.  I like using the coffee in the "tea bags", very convenient.

When it comes to cooking, I boil everything.  When ever I grill hamburger patties, brats, chicken, or porkchops, I cook more than I need and vacuum seal and freeze the extras.  2 frozen hamburger patties in a sealed bag placed in boiling water for 4 minutes taste as if they just came off the grill.  I make spaghetti, rice dishes, etc, the same way.  The bag keeps them from drying out, and there is no messy grill to contend with. 

Almost anyone can boil water,  and having them frozen, they also help keep your beverages in the cooler, cold.

[rwdsr]

Carl that gives me all kinds of ideas.  I've been getting freeze dried stuff - Beef Stew and such, so all you have to do is add water, but freezeing and vacumn packing may be another approach.  I know that I want to make the meals as tasty and as simple as possible so that when I finally get done at the end of the day, I can spend as much time as possible relaxing.
I too like the coffee bags - I have already put regular folgers coffee in a tea ball (bob?) and used it that way.

BobD

[Salty19]

I use the lexan french press like Bob.  Just heat the water, let it steep for 4 mins and serve.   I use it at home and at my camp.  About $20.

[HideAway]

We were anchored just north of Bunces pass in very shallow water in our Sea Pearl one night.   We three, my wife, I and a Yorkie were crammed down in the hold trying to sleep when I woke to the sound of the Yorkie scratching the fiber glass deck just above me.  Naturally I poked my head up to deck level to holler at the dog.   The dog continued rooting around in all the gear we had to store in the cockpit.   Much to my surprise the Yorkie appeared beside me wondering what was afoot.

I looked back to the cock pit just as a large animal jumped over the side and tore up the moonlit beach with a bag of bread in its jaws.  I looked at the dog who was looking at me when Linda woke up and expressed the thought that we were both nuts.  It was about 2 in the morning which in my experience is when all sorts of strange things happen. 

Later we discovered the boat had drifted ashore and was aground on its flat bottom.  Our breakfast that morning sans the bread and subject of this tale was chocolate cookies heavily loaded with peanut butter since the creature of the night made off with our bread.  That scene occured a decade and a half ago but to this day our breakfast aboard includes a chocolate chip cookie slathered with peanut butter.  We acquired HideAway shortly thereafter.   Matt

[rwdsr]

LOL, that's a good story.  I guess that's the way memories are made.

[Bob23]

Matt;
    I had many adventures aboard my Seapearl but nothing comes close to your story.
Bob23