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Our first
day out (Sat. Jan 12, 2002) was quite calm but Flying Cloud sailed superbly
and we were actually able to sail past many other sailboats without much
trouble. Steve went with us on this sail and was quite impressed, he single
handed his way down from BC Canada, he is our neighbor on the docks at
Myron Spaulding Boat works where we are currently docked. The tide being
extremely low in that area we couldn't get back to our dock so we continued
to sail until after dark and headed back to the boat yard under the cover
of darkness, this was a little thrilling since we only traversed this waterway
one time previous, but Eileen manned the helm and I stood on deck watching
the channel markers and we made it back just fine. The following day we
took her out for another sail by ourselves, the winds were even lighter,
but we took the opportunity to give Eileen some lessons in raising and
lowering the sails, so not all was lost. Adrian, I am happy to report really
enjoyed the sailing and is still learning the basics, he manned the helm
a couple of times and was pretty happy with himself after words.
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