Ready to go
Check the jib, we're actually sailing
"Flicker" put to bed
Tom P invited me over to Gibson Island for a daysail on his International One Design (IOD). The wind was 1-5 NE and we debated going out or just enjoying lunch on the park benches overlooking the GI inner harbor. The thought of missing out on a Century Club sailing day was eating at me so we did both.
The IOD has an outboard motor but it's extra effort to rig up so we drifted out of the slip, got the sails up and lo and behold there was definitely enough wind to manuver and sail around the harbor. We made five or six circuits of the harbor, taking a good hour or so, thoroughly enjoying the silky smooth feel of the boat in a deserted harbor filled with syrupy smooth water. It would have been a shame to miss this day on the water.
Thank you Century Club for the push.