And such varied sailing condx!
I had [color:"red"]Friday [/color] off, so the boys and I took our H16 to the local pond, rigged her up and got out on the water. After about 15 minutes, the wind just plain died. We waited for it to start up again, but no go.

Rather than call it a day, we lowered the trolling motor and puttered around the shoreline for a couple of hours, just gabbing, relaxing, and admiring all the nice houses surrounding the lake. Loads of fun!! My youngest (10) had not taken the helm yet. Figuring we were going slow enough and there'd be minimal resistance on the tiller, I asked him if he'd like to be the skipper. He enjoyed steering the boat as we cut across the lake towards the dock.

The sailing gods must have enjoyed the look on his face. The wind suddenly kicked up just enough to fill the sails and we were able to disengaged the motor.

"Hey, Ben, " I said. "You're sailing!"

The look on his face was priceless.

[color:"blue"]Monday [/color] , the eldest boy and I took the boat out and were blessed with a good steady breeze. I had him skipper the boat the whole time and I just trimmed the sails and enjoyed myself. Both times we were out on the water for a good three hours!

Wonderful weekend to be out on the big blue wet thing. Oh, yeah, I also got to test out my new waterproof cell phone baggie. Worked like a charm!

Fair winds!
Nick