Sailing and a raft up

Cartopping a seven foot dinghy, that was also covered in wet alkyd enamel. It's definitely going to need a re-paint. We had several misadventures all rolled into one. Matt rowed out to the boat, got the engine started, came over and docked so we could load up with provisions. Then I took the tiller to pull away from the dock. It was too close, and I was going to hit another boat on the dock, but Matt pushed Dalloway away from the pier and fell into the water with his Iphone in his pocket. I motored around the mooring field and came back around to pick him up. Bill and his wife were there and caught the dock lines for me while Matt dove back into the water after his keys, still with his Iphone in his pocket. It was an expensive mistake.

On the bright side, we heard news that our ladder is safely in the club garage, we just need someone with keys to help us get it out.



We motored three hours south to raft up for fourth of July with friends on the "Sea Dove".

Saturday was a good windy day, we had the mainsail and the jib up but the app on my Iphone that was supposed to gauge speed wasn't working. We were moving faster than we did with the motor on though. One of our friends cried because of how far we were heeled over. I won't name names.

To her credit, we did lose both the registration number placards, they were ripped right off the boat. We'll have to hang off the decks to put new stickers on.

Sunset over the flotilla that night.

We took turns taking the dog ashore for potty breaks. Too bad the paint was still wet on Sunday.
There was no wind at all on Sunday, so we had to motor the whole way back. I hit poor Matt on the head with the boom by accidentally jibing, and then he accidentally put the motor into reverse on high throttle and it kicked up and hit him in the head again. Then later he hit his head again inside the cabin. Poor guy. I'm surprised he wasn't passed out on the deck, but he's a trooper and he was OK.