And.... BEEN SAILING!!!!
There was one last piece to the puzzle, a license plate for the trailer. With the holiday season the DMV took an extra couple of days and next thing you know I was on a family trip to Atlanta. On my return I drove from the Airport to pick up the plates, attached them to the trailer and by mid afternoon was somehow magically sat becalmed and waiting for a puff.... Eventually it came and Farrout and I took a trip across the harbor. It was a bit of a mess to be honest, sail all out of shape and tacks a mess as I tried to find out how to get my body across the boat with the extension in the right place and that pesky mainsheet still attended to. That was Friday. On Saturday I went out again with a bit more breeze but still no trapeze and John Wilson in an FJ to run against. We skootled out past the seals on the outer buoy and generally worked up and down wind. By the end I was feeling more comfortable. Sunday, I took another sail. This was a quick sail post Christening ceremony (de...
