Today we got up late. 9pm or so. It is Sunday. The wind had not picked up yet so why get going? We read Acts 25 this morning. Then set sail. We went past 2 regattas! (sailing races) but then the wind died down and they stood still like us.
We went about 24 miles it took allll day and then some motoring. The Chesapeake is known for no winds after the fourth of July. So everyday we have wind the better.
On this mild day I was ready to attack the GPS! It seems simple. I did learn how to make a way point and a track. I even got the track to beep as we pasted the way points. (the first time it beeped my heart skipped a beat of panic cuz it is the same beep as the anchor warning that signals trouble. Couldn't they pick a happy beep or a chime that goes ta-da! Or voice on a car gps that says in a british accent, "congratulations youve made it to your first way point!) The only thing is I don't know what I did to start the track working. I'm sure I'll sleep on it. But now I can give a heading! I think I'm ready for an over night sail. Don't tell Ben that yet.
Here is something stupid I still do and it drives me crazy. We have our dinghy trailng behind us on a long tether line BUT when you anchor you have to back up. So before you back up you want to pull in the dnghy. So many times I'm backing up to set the anchor and I look back and there is the dinghy. I quick put it in neutral and pray I did not wrap the line around the prop. So today we are anchoring. I forget AGAIN (how many times do I need to forget!!!) I put it in reverse and it feels funny. Oh no! This would be my lesson. Ben graciously dove thru jellies to check (he did not get stung) but there was mercy for me it was only stuck on the keel. Phew! I hope that was enough to pound it in my head!
Today was also a good day In that I felt like the boat is getting smaller. Before it seemed big and ominous. Now it seems do-able. Of course I have not had to dock it lately.
Oh today I fished most of the day. Me, I like to do a few things at once, learn gps, fish a little, and sail a little. Ben was focused on the cape horn. Cape horn is one of the two auto pilots we have. It uses no electricity it is all pulleys and ropes. One cord feel off it's bungie. Ben found the owners manual and put it back on. Then the dinghy bumped the fin that goes in the water and it came off its center and he fixed that too. For those of you all that know Ben he is doing excellent and at figuring things out. I didn't even jump in nor did he ask. I just stayed focus on gps. Tomorrow I shall set a course and see if I can do it all day as if it was night time.
Oh YES everday It is Fun and very educational all at the same time. Of course we miss you all dearly. I think about work most everyday as wondering how it is going. (i just dont dwell on the thoughts)
Phil 1:3
Good night
Pam
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