Sea Holly - Our Journal Continued: June 2005

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Life is tough for crew aboard Sea Holly.

Abby's enjoying a "Pooch Pop" - sure was hot today, 35C. Typical Maritime weather, tomorrow it could snow!

Finally, all the electronics are working correctly (knock on wood)!

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

We had our longest sail so far, 21 nm!! Getting the hang of docking a sailboat, not much different from the powerboat but BIGGER!! We now only have a couple of people on the dock for assistance - we are making progress. Abby got new sunglasses and we think she looks pretty cool but she's a little embarrassed yet - will get a photo soon. We had the rail in the water - not something Abby and I particularly liked but at least we did it and more importantly, figured out how to "undo" it!!

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Work continues on Sea Holly. I think it may be a never ending task but we keep at it every day. We've been sailing on our own twice now and are learning more every day. Lots of studying and then practice, practice.

June 13 - we crewed in our first race (crewing might be stretching it - we were basically moveable ballast) on board "The Simpson's" a J 29. It was pretty exciting and we won too!! Can't wait till next week.