Oh Yeah.... that ocean surge and those swells with Overproof tracking like
a train downwind.... nuthin' beats that feeling! I didn't realize how much I
missed it by not launching last year. Then again I had no time to sail last
year.

I was amazed on Saturday.... upwind and I was keeping pace with a pair of 36
ft sailboats. Mind you they were reefed in 25 knots of wind and I was flying
full canvas.

CM

"Scotty" wrote in message
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Kewl !

Scotty


"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:0BRBg.158881$I61.155990@clgrps13...
Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone
Bay

Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45
minute run-in at
various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance.
Excellent... 6.5kts at
1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied
the diesel was in
good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts
tight, battery
charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam
reach to get sea
room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to
270 at a DDW course
aprox 6 nm off the coast

You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and
goes in waves. the
rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly.
Nonetheless... the
crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7
kts speed in 15kts
DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave
Peggy's Cove on to
East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat
"Seaswire" who followed
us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East
Ironbound and got
the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes
from East
Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing
on wing entry at
1830hrs to the mooring field.

We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to
us and we tied
into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard
both vessels. It
wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends
dropping by to say
hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked
going through the
seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice
to hear.

Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15
kts in the am to
25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out
at 1200hrs. Once
we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for
Big Tancook
Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to
Prince's Inlet past
Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We
pressed Overproof
hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out
and to fine tune
the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well....

The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of
American boats in the
bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic
style boats for
sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire
about Overproof. The
schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning
of the Teaser on
Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend.

I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back
here about 2 hours
ago.

CM