YAHOOOOOO!!! I love it when everything comes together. Those double reef points and small jib are well worth on that kind of day. Sounds like you have a great 7 year old coming up as an avid sailor :-) Doug --- On Mon, 6/29/09, John and DesAnne Hippe <jdhippe@gmail.com> wrote: From: John and DesAnne Hippe <jdhippe@gmail.com> Subject: M_Boats: Great sailing in Milwaukee To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 3:07 PM Spectacular sailing yesterday in Milwaukee! Temperature was in the mid ’70s and the wind was from the Northwest at about 20-25 gusting to 30. As the day wore on it dropped to 15-20 with gusts of 25. I started out with one reef in the main and the working jib up. This seemed appropriate at the time because the wind did not appear to be too strong where I launched from. I guess I should have known a bit better when I saw all of the community sailing center boats high-tailing it for the dock… Anyway, I got out past the breakwater and the wind increased to the point where it was very strong. Too much sail up. So, I doused the jib and put another reef in the main. I hate sailing under main alone, but this seemed the prudent thing to do since I had my 7 year old daughter with me. After poking around for a bit to ensure that the boat was under control and that I could indeed make it to windward, we set off down wind for a great ride. Under double-reefed main alone we were averaging 5.5 knots and regularly hitting 6 to 7 plus knots. On a few occasions we actually hit 8 plus knots. Our top speed, according to the GPS was 8.9 knots! We made it to our destination, the bell buoy a few miles outside the harbor.. I decided to go forward to take the jib off the deck since we were going to turn around and slog to windard. I didn’t want anything that would impede our windward progress. With this done, we started the upwind journey at about 2.5 knots. Did I say I hate sailing under main alone? Anyway, I decided to put my 70% “storm jip” up. It took a little adjusting but we made it work. With this, we were making 4-5 knots to windward. The seas had built up a nasty chop so we were pounding our way through it, taking lots of spray off the bow. In the gusts we were overpowered, but I played the main and kept the boat upright. We took some water over the combings a couple of times but nothing too worrying. When we made it back to the harbor, we decided to do it again! The winds had dropped by then to 15-20 with gust to 25. 6 hours of sailing and about 24 miles later we were docked again. All through it, my daughter had a great time. When I asked her what she liked the most, she said the sailing, the wind and the waves. John M-15 Jester _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Remember, there is no privacy on the Internet!
Great sailing! I had 4people on my M 15 and the wind came up had to constantly pop the main and feather up then one reef and the storm jib and we were back enjoying ourselves great boat and versatile. Glad you and your daughter had a great time. Bill Phoenix AZ On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Doug Kelch <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> wrote:
YAHOOOOOO!!! I love it when everything comes together.
Those double reef points and small jib are well worth on that kind of day.
Sounds like you have a great 7 year old coming up as an avid sailor :-)
Doug
--- On Mon, 6/29/09, John and DesAnne Hippe <jdhippe@gmail.com> wrote:
From: John and DesAnne Hippe <jdhippe@gmail.com> Subject: M_Boats: Great sailing in Milwaukee To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 3:07 PM
Spectacular sailing yesterday in Milwaukee! Temperature was in the mid ’70s and the wind was from the Northwest at about 20-25 gusting to 30. As the day wore on it dropped to 15-20 with gusts of 25.
I started out with one reef in the main and the working jib up. This seemed appropriate at the time because the wind did not appear to be too strong where I launched from. I guess I should have known a bit better when I saw all of the community sailing center boats high-tailing it for the dock…
Anyway, I got out past the breakwater and the wind increased to the point where it was very strong. Too much sail up. So, I doused the jib and put another reef in the main. I hate sailing under main alone, but this seemed the prudent thing to do since I had my 7 year old daughter with me. After poking around for a bit to ensure that the boat was under control and that I could indeed make it to windward, we set off down wind for a great ride. Under double-reefed main alone we were averaging 5.5 knots and regularly hitting 6 to 7 plus knots. On a few occasions we actually hit 8 plus knots. Our top speed, according to the GPS was 8.9 knots!
We made it to our destination, the bell buoy a few miles outside the harbor.. I decided to go forward to take the jib off the deck since we were going to turn around and slog to windard. I didn’t want anything that would impede our windward progress. With this done, we started the upwind journey at about 2.5 knots. Did I say I hate sailing under main alone? Anyway, I decided to put my 70% “storm jip” up. It took a little adjusting but we made it work. With this, we were making 4-5 knots to windward. The seas had built up a nasty chop so we were pounding our way through it, taking lots of spray off the bow. In the gusts we were overpowered, but I played the main and kept the boat upright. We took some water over the combings a couple of times but nothing too worrying.
When we made it back to the harbor, we decided to do it again! The winds had dropped by then to 15-20 with gust to 25.
6 hours of sailing and about 24 miles later we were docked again. All through it, my daughter had a great time. When I asked her what she liked the most, she said the sailing, the wind and the waves.
John M-15 Jester _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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