Windependent's Maiden Voyage

There is so much catch-up to do on posting photos on the blog - here is one!

 

Two weeks ago we spent a couple of nights on the boat - one at the dock and one anchored off Lopez Island at Spencer's Spit.  It was a very enjoyable 48 hours even if there was a long list of things that went wrong with the boat.  Good thing Brett isn't working and good thing the boat is a fun thing for him to play with and fix...it is a good pair right now. 

 

Major things that went wrong:

  - Main Sail wouldn't come out properly

  - Anchor wouldn't work...first to go down and then to come up.  Brett got the ultimate workout.  Crossfit has nothing on pulling up 120 feet of chain.

  - The outboard on the dinghy didn't work...now that would have been better to be figured out before we had our two little ones and us on the dinghy. 

 

 

All in all we survived and we are beginning our collection of sailing stories.



 

You may be seeing more pictures of me behind the wheel (or, more aptly said, "at the helm").  I took 5 hours of 1:1 sailing lessons today on Windependent.  Don't worry Captain Brett...she is still your boat, just trying to learn how to be the best crew for you!

What Julia does to pass time while we are underway.

 

 

Gotogo is Julia's invisible friend.  He got to come sailing too.

 

 

Julia'ism #11:

 

She looked out at nighttime and said, "the dark is on" (like "lights are on")