20231122-Blissfull Sailing with Heiko and Martina

For four months Heiko and Martina were my neighbors and I watched them work and work and work on their Bliss, their Columbia 45 sailboat. 

That boat needed a lot of attention and refurbishment before they could go sailing and frankly they were getting rather tired of the drudgery tied up to the dock. Bliss needed everything and Heiko and Martina were new to the whole sailing thing. I helped them where I could with electrical, electronincs, rigging and general boat stuff. We became friends. 

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Going Sailing

Finally Heiko and Martina got Bliss in good enough shape to get off the dock and they moved to the anchorage when the rates at the marina went up. 

Today I joined them for a sail. The stated purpose was to tune the rig but they really just wanted me for some confidence building. They don't need that. They are sailors. New sailors without a doubt, but sailors. 

We had a great time and their rig which they totally re-did by themselves (wow!) was pretty good, we hardly had to do any tuning. 

I know that pretty soon they will be heading out in Bliss for more sailing adventures. 

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Heiko and Martina I will miss them. 

Three Sailors

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 Fredrick Roswold, SV Wings, Mexico

20231118 Day Sailing on Wings (and other fun stuff)

Hey! Let’s go sail’in. I don’t know who had that idea but I was game and we gathered some of our dock mates and went out for a day sail. The boat was fine, (after I adjusted the checkstay), the pick-up crew was superb, and we had a great day on the water.

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Fred adjusts the checkstay It was supposed to be a gentle day sail but I coulldn't help myself, I got busy playing captain and got everybody working hard, we sailed as if we were racing. I felt a little bad giving orders right and left but the crew thought it was fun. Soon we got the A3 Spinnaker up and the wind was a bit stronger and we went fast down wind. Even our jibe was perfect, but 13.7 knots of wind and a good crew makes makes that easier.

Flying nicely

Happy Sailor

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And be sure to scroll down and see the great crew I had that day. (and more hi-jinks from the month too).

Fredrick Roswold, SV Wings, Mexico