1/17/2017

Learning to use a Spinnaker

Ron offered to show us how to fly a kite (slang for spinnaker).  We invited Phil from S/V Lutra and he came to our boat at 9:00 am.  We cast off and motored over to Marina Cortez to pick up Ron and Bridgett.  We all motored out of the harbor and into the wind.

When we had some room, we turned around, rigged the spinnaker and let it fly!

oops, a little tangle...

Ah, here we go!

Thanks to Ron for the learning without the trial and error.

HEY, is that mister Toad?  oh for heavens sake!  that will have to go!

It sure is great to be able to use the spinnaker now.  When the wind is light and in the general direction we want to go, we can deploy the spinnaker instead of the motor!

It was a great day for sailing.  We had lunch in the cockpit on the way back and everyone loved the banana bread with chocolate chips.

Rob mentioned the difficulty using the secondary anchor due to the shape of the hawse pipe.  Phil recognized the design as being just like his and explained that the top is a cover to be removed.  Well, a minute with a pry bar and viola, we have a usable second anchor!  Thanks Phil!