Sailing twice in two days! Mikey and I took the boat out to Jordan Lake again today. The conditions were a bit better than yesterday. This means that we had 3-4 knot winds for about two hours. We were able to travel under sail for about an hour and a half until everything became completely calm. Even though we didn't keep our sails full for very long we were still able to travel further on the lake than I had ever gone.
Mikey thought he saw a large Pirate ship in the distance so we went to investigate. Luckily (for them) it was a false alarm. Mikey was itching to fire our cannon. Turned out to be a large party barge (think MTV spring break). Another would be pirate ship turned out to be a loon. After the winds died down we decided to explore the lake using the iron jib. We motored out around an island and into a few coves. I scoped some nice places for Courtney and I to anchor and spend the night.
Courtney called me while we were on the lake and said that she and her friend, Katie, were on the dock waiting for us. We picked them up and went for a short ride before it got dark. The boat wasn't crowded at all with four of us in the cockpit, I was pleasantly surprised. Katie took the helm and piloted us for a while before we let the autohelm take us into the dock (well, almost all the way in). Breaking the boat down with four people is great! Everything went much quicker with four sets of hands. All in all, a great two days on the lake. Courtney and I might get to take her out once before we head to Morehead City for Cassidy's first salt water trials.
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