have we circled back to the "why do you sail?" question?

Cup holders are nice, even nicer than having to pack all your food/water on you back.

I tied off the helm (cheap temporary autopilot) and wandered forward to the cooler in the forepeak (it is a bit tight up there with spare sails, but I like keeping weight forward). Made a PB&J sammmich and grabbed a soda. Wandered back to my seat on the net and grabbed the traveler for a minor course correction.

"Bobbed" around (avg 6 knots uni-rig) in 10 TWS for about 3 hours watching the land disappear. Considered continuing on (course 180) to Key West, but that might worry the Mrs. since I didn't file a float plan. merry christmas, indeed.

Going 30 kts sounds fun, but seems like a lot of work when I could do 12-15 pretty cheaply and easily.

And I watched a pontoon boat ram its trailer while loading - enough to push the truck forward a little. I knew I was in for a treat when I saw it had a dozen fenders on each side and came in to the ramp at about 10 knots