Well, my friend and I took his Pearson P30 out and I didn't have a
problem the whole way. We went down the Bay from Bristol, RI, out the
East Passage without incident, out a ways into Block Island Sound,
then returned to the Bay up West Passage and returned to Bristol.

Made a few minor mistakes along the way, but all in all it was as
perfect as it could be after a long lay off from sailing. It helped
that my friend is also a licensed Master who does sail training all
the time - he's patient, but in this case he didn't need to be.

When I returned home, the wife's bi-weekly hen party (her turn to host
the canasta party this time) was rockin' and rollin', so I took the
Princecraft out to a local pond and hit a first - very nice 3/4 lb
crappie (pic attached) biggest one of those fish I've ever caught.

Spend the rest of the time trolling the pond, caught a few more
panfish and headed home. I'm currently locked up in my office waiting
for the wimmenz to get finished solving the world's problems while
playing cards.

So, it was a great day all 'round. Unfortunately, I have to paint the
hallway tomorrow - oh well, can't have everything.