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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Two Weekends Sailing

May 4th

I went to the boat to get work on a couple things. I decided to take the boat out on the lake and just as I was about to get the boat ready, my dock neighbor invited me to go out with him on his Catalina 27. I took his offer, we went out on the lake and he showed me a few bays that people anchor out into. We didn't go into the bays, but just sailed down the lake. It was a good day. It was nice that his boat had a bimini to provide shade from the hot sun.



 

Total Sail time: 5hrs
Total Engine run time: 15min


May 11th

Went out only for the day. I went to the boat, I didn't want to do projects, so I got the boat ready. I ran the engine as I took the main sail cover off, untied the dock lines and unplugged the shore-power cable. I motored out and had a nice sail for the day. It wasn't very long but it was still a relaxing day out on the water. Got a good sun burn and I got rained on pretty good too. It was nice having the refinished tiller back on the boat.


 
 
And took video of my day on the lake. You can see a little about how much it was raining at the end.

 
Total Sail time: 1 hr
Total Engine run time: 2hrs

4 comments:

  1. The revarnished tiller looks great.

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    1. Thanks!
      That's 8 coats of epifanes varnish so I hope it lasts for the season. I like how it turned out.

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  2. Good choice on the Epiphanes Dan!

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    1. Thanks!

      I'd like to refinish the exterior with it so we'll see how things turn out in the future.

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