We just couldn't resist the weather this weekend and took Sequoia out for her first voyage of the season. It felt really good after going through all the maintenance and upgrade stuff this winter to have it all do what was intended- GO SAILING! It was puffy (lots of gusts and shifts, some over 20 kts), so we just stuck the main up and still cruised around at 5.5 knots through the water. It just felt wonderful to be out on her again. Left is a wind observation chart from Sailflow, who has some great stuff if you haven't used it! Planning another cruise for Saturday--- We're racing on Sundays right now (on other boats), so Sequoia just sits quietly and watches.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
First Voyage of 2006
We just couldn't resist the weather this weekend and took Sequoia out for her first voyage of the season. It felt really good after going through all the maintenance and upgrade stuff this winter to have it all do what was intended- GO SAILING! It was puffy (lots of gusts and shifts, some over 20 kts), so we just stuck the main up and still cruised around at 5.5 knots through the water. It just felt wonderful to be out on her again. Left is a wind observation chart from Sailflow, who has some great stuff if you haven't used it! Planning another cruise for Saturday--- We're racing on Sundays right now (on other boats), so Sequoia just sits quietly and watches.
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