Paul Anstett wrote:
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> The end of September in NW Minnesota is the time to bring in the boats
> and docks. But I'm leaving everthing in one more week. The weather
> has been unusually nice...yet I know by next weekend things could take
> an abrupt turn for the worst.
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> I took "SaraSpunda" out at noon today with my wife and son on Lake
> Sallie. Winds were pretty darn brisk, yet we headed two miles across
> the lake with a full main and the lapper reduced 50%.
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> Heading back, however, was for me a great learning experience, but for
> my wife, Marilyn, an education in how to respond to shouts coming from
> the cockpit, the foredeck, and from my son Peter who was playing
> computer games in the cabin "...what's up, Dad!"
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> The brisk winds were now pushing 20 knots. Marilyn rolled the lapper
> in completely, and I went up to the mast to reduce the main to the
> first, and only, reefing points, shouting down into the cockkpit
> "...should of done this before I needed to!" This is my first year
> pottering, and even though the jiffy reefing worked great, I was
> pretty concerned.
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> Even with this new sailing configuration, the heel was uncomfortable,
> and I knew as we sailed back to our unprotected dock that this winter
> I'm putting in a second set of reefing points.
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> Actually, for a novice, this was a terrific sail. But for the rest of
> my crew, it wasn't. Hefty winds, even on a small lake, can be pretty
> disconcerting.
>
> Paul Anstett
> SaraSpunda #1022 P19
> Fargo
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