Where WhimSea Takes Us

Posted by Karen A. Brown

It’s the first sail of the season. We came up Friday night with the intention of making a weekend trip of it. We stowed all of our gear and decided to bend on the sails since the wind in the marina was light. Then we wouldn’t wake anyone bending them on early in the morning before the wind started.

While working on the sails and setting things to rights, Troy fell into conversation with another sailboat owner and learned they would be heading out by 0630 the next day for the Apostle’s. This, of course, meant a race was imminent. We set the alarm for an early rise on Saturday, relaxed with a couple of beers and hit the sack.

Unfortunately, Saturday morning started with rain. Since the other boat was planning to head out rain or shine we thought about putting on some foul weather gear and doing the same, however, the rain started pouring even harder! We finally gave up on the idea of a race and went back to bed.

Sunday provided to be a much better day with sun, wind and a sea in need of sailing. We headed out and shook out the sails. We had a great sail, logging many miles under our keel before heading back to the marina and our work-a-day world. For a first sail of the season, it rated right up there!