Absolutely a Fantastic Sail this weekend! Best one of the Year!!!

The young Lady is a convert to sailing for sure! What a really nice time
and great company!

A bit of everything but rain. Strong winds to start.... degrading to
gusting and then to light. The boat was performing beautifully..... as was
the Captain. Got some ocean time in [20 miles offshore] and saw Leatherback
Turtles, Whales, Sharks, Harbour Porpoises. Sailed the Southeast & Western
Shore Islands. Over 300 of them available..... negotiating Islands and
passages to find some beautiful beaches. Lobster dinners, Fresh Scallops,
Mackerel. I cooked up a wide variety of seafood that she didn't even know
was edible. Urchin Rowe, Periwinkles and Dulce.

Pictures?... Nope! Memories?... you bet!

Unlike Bart's boat.... my "Cedar Bucket" is lined with Burmese Teak and a
full door. :-) Nobody had to wet their pants..... then again we weren't
wearing much for clothing anyway! She loved it... even the start with the
gale force winds.

I've moved Overproof to her alternate location beside the Bay Landing Bar in
Prospect Bay. It's only 3 miles from the house now on a mooring. Slow final
trip in 10 kt winds on the ocean at an trip average of only 4.8 kts over 47
miles on a reach [50 degrees]..... 10 miles of those in sheltered bays with
maybe 5 kts of wind.

Total damages.... $210 in booze and $19 in food expenses. Engine run time at
3 hours.

Well as of tomorrow I'm gone for a while. See you all when I return in 6
weeks.... in time for haul-out. :-(

Have fun and do not behave..... I certainly didn't!! :-)

Wally de Moray... you have the helm! ;-)

Capt. Mooron - S.V.Overproof
[Treat Your Crew with Disdain... and other Vessels with Distaste]