Wildwood April 5, 2010

Another beautiful day, and really windy. Les and Chris joined us on the inaugural sail on the lake. Yesterday there was some discussion on how we never reef the main sail. Well guess what - we double reefed it today, waves estimated at 2 feet! Good thing the Matilda has a large cockpit - four us needed to be on the same side of the boat almost all the time.










A photo to prove we made it all the way to the bridge, just a-racing down the lake, or is that up the lake? Lots of time left for Chris to make it back to town - or was it?




I'm not allowed to say who was at the helm (wasn't Gerry, Chris or me) but we got a little too close to the edge of the lake. For those non-sailors that means we ran aground.

Chris and Gerry scrambling to get the sails down.











The unknown helmsman trying to move the boat with the paddle.












Gerry pushing with the other paddle. Women and children were relegated to the V-berth below (weight distribution or just so we were out of the way?) hence the shots from inside the boat.










Les went up to fix the jib. He wasn't smiling a few minutes later when he got totally soaked from the spray.










Made it back just in time for Chris to make it back to town for her 3 o'clock appointment.
BTW - here's the meaning of relegated:
verb [ trans. ]
consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position. Example: they aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role.

Wildwood April 4, 2010

Another beautiful spring day. Took advantage of the weather to put the Matilda (gotta name the boat someday) in the water. First one in!!! Would you believe I'm putting Penaten on the bottom of the boat?

Crazier

April 3, 2010
Some people are crazier than me. Today was a very very windy day, but warm. A member of the sailing club decided to take advantage of the wind and go windsurfing. The air was warm but can you imagine how cold the water must be? And he unfortunately spent some time in it.








At one point he disappeared after taking a spill so we went to see if he needed rescuing. This is what we found:




If you look very closely you can see him whizzing along on the other side of the lake. On this side of the lake you can see how gusty it is.