Well, It's been a long, cold winter, (coldest in recorded history in Florida) but today it got up near 80 at my house and the lake is warming up. So I finally talked my 13yr. old daughter into going out on the Prindle Escape (18 hulls, 16 rig, double traps) with her 13yr. old school friend, as I chased them around the lake on the old Hobie 14.

Not much wind but perfect for a couple of newbies to go out for their first solo ride and they had no trouble running away from me!

I'm trying to talk my daughter into crewing once in a while on the Blade, and if I can get them both trained on the spin, they can sail it together...which means...I'll need a new F16, right?

That's how I'm selling it to the wife anyway!


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