This week we finally finish up the yard work and sail our baby for the first real sail of our ownership of her. Sure we have sailed her once, (kind of) on the Sea Trial, and when we took her to the boatyard in November of Last year, (a year ago at this point). That time we sailed her, Jib Only, south across Lake Ponchartrain about 30 miles or so. I would love to get all noble sailer on everyone and talk about us doing that for the joy of sailing, but we did it because the motor died with a fuel system problem.
So now here we are leaving the yard and all I want to do is throw up ALL of her sails. She is not rigged the way we want her BUT she is ready to be sailed across the lake for sure.
So in this episode, we finish up some tasks and head out and set sail. We do run into 2 squalls and some fairly steep and tight waves (shallow lake sailing is sometimes more rough than sailing in the ocean). Check out the video of some of the pitching and rollings. At one point I am fairly certain the bow was going up and down a good 10 feet or so based on my being 6 feet tall (Take a look for yourself) 🙂
Keywords, Setting Sail, Casting Off, Out of the Yard, We leave, Get out there, Finally Sailing, She floats, She Sails, She goes, Full Sails, The whole 9 yards,
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Tools and supplies we use regularly can be found here:
- Jet Band Saw
- Sanding Tape 120 Grit – 1 inch wide
- Sanding Tape for Spindles (220 Grit)
- Small Sanding Cord for Spindles (150 Grit)
- Screwdriver with nut ends
- Pry Bar Set
- Oscillating Multi-tool (about $35)
- The Best small wood cutting blades
- Great “plunge cutter”
- ABSOLUTE Best metal cutting blade (for cutting bolts, etc.)
- Safety Glasses
- xActo Blade Knife
- Ryobi Variable Speed Jigsaw
Video equipment used is: Canon Vixia G40
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