What a Night...

[PJmomrunner]

I seem to often share my misery with you folks. I'd also like to share a bit of elation. Tonight I sailed in a race that began in a dense fog with about 100 yds. visibility around 8:15pm with winds of 3 knots and boat speed of 1 knot, if we were lucky. Not long after we (finally) rounded the first mark the race was called off at the two hour time limit. By then the wind had picked up, the sky was completely clear and starry and we cruised into port at 5 knots. I can't tell you how wonderful it felt to hold a stay and look upward to see full sails backed by stars while standing and riding gentle swells in a steady breeze. Amazing.

 

[gijanet]

Wow!

Wow!

Tonight I sailed in a race that began in a dense fog with about 100 yds. visibility around 8:15pm with winds of 3 knots ....I can't tell you how wonderful it felt to hold a stay and look upward to see full sails backed by stars while standing and riding gentle swells in a steady breeze. Amazing.

Hope you were in a boat! If not, I want what you're having! J/K, of course. Sounds wonderful..............these are the moments of our lives!

Many hugs. J.

 

[Ross]

It's the simple things that give us the most pleasure.

 

[geebee]

P.J.,
One of the most exciting races I was ever in when I was racing Starboats was in a rainy, foggy, cold and windy storm. It was probably a bit dangerous but that boat sure went fast. We even won the race.
You are right - the stars always seem more clear out on the water.
These are the times that deserve a mark on the calendar.

 

[Marguerite53]

How lovely of you to share that with us, PJ. Now you really need to "hold that thought" and your starry night will help carry you through your VR when the time comes.

I can almost feel the cool breath of the water on me!! And clear starry skies are surreal. mmmmmm.....

Marguerite

 

[Mary]

How lovely of you to share that with us, PJ. Now you really need to "hold that thought" and your starry night will help carry you through your VR when the time comes.

I can almost feel the cool breath of the water on me!! And clear starry skies are surreal. mmmmmm.....

Marguerite

Marguerite is correct, PJ.
The time will come either before or after surgery, when you will need to have a "focus" (yes, much like during labor). If you can recall your lovely ride back into port, you will be able to shrug off all that is going on around you.

 

[PJmomrunner]

Marguerite and Mary, I will definitely hang on to that memory. Gina, I thought about your having experienced something similar last night.

 

[Der Biermeister]

PJ -- how I envy you!! I've been having to watch from shore, and let me tell you, the winds have never been better than this Spring. My first race will be the long distance race on July 4. Weather permitting of course -- I'm not about to go out in a 100 degree drifter.

 

[Der Biermeister]

P.J.,
One of the most exciting races I was ever in when I was racing Starboats was in a rainy, foggy, cold and windy storm. It was probably a bit dangerous but that boat sure went fast. We even won the race.
You are right - the stars always seem more clear out on the water.
These are the times that deserve a mark on the calendar.

Gina -- gosh but you bring back memories! As a kid, I was the tool-runner for my dad as he measured all of Skip Etchell's Stars that were built back in the '50s. Seemed like every Saturday. And this was BEFORE the onset of fiberglass, so a boat company had great smells of oak frames, cedar planking, mahogany trim.

 

[OldManEmu]

Sailing

Sailing

PJmomrunner I didn't associate Michigan with sailing I thought it was hundreds of miles from the ocean.