missed the lightening i take it?
rode it out on my mooring and headed out as soon as the rain passed.
a great sail till around midnight
today was even better, one of those days god gives to sailors.
my crew fell ill.............strange she's done well every other time.

sounds like your about to be dad bobsprit real soon.

gf.



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...

Suzanne is having pre-labor contractions, so we are staying clear of
mid-day
heat and sun. Heading out to the boat at 5:30, we heard about a very heavy
rain
cell in NJ. We could already see it's effects, but we had friends sailing
with
us and we all wanted to go. 30 minutes into the sail, the wind built to
about
30 knots and it started to drizzle. I sent Suzanne below. Liz stayed on
deck
with me, gradually spilling the main. Somehow I guessed that the wind was
maxed
out and it was, so we pinched upwind close to Stepping Stone and I watched
a
big tug coming our way to starboard. Then the rain hit. You know the kind
(Not
you, Scotty). We couldn't see 20 feet in front of us and the rain was
stinging.
My only worry was the position of the tug, so I tacked and took her
downwind.
The rain cleared pretty quickly of course...and the main point is that it
felt
GREAT! Temps dropped 20 degrees and stayed cool while we continued to
sail.
Suprisingly there was still a lot of wind and we sailed for a while before
returning to the slip. A great mini sail and the BBQ was great as well!!!!
Hope you all got out there today!

RB