Commander # 200 "Grace"

[Lucky Dawg]

...it reminds my wife how nice a Commander would look if we owned one.

Jack! Brother! Keep the faith... "WHEN we own one!"

[commanderpete]

Yeah Jack, someday your ship will come in.

Only about two more weeks of sailing for 'ole Grace this year. Starts getting dark around 4:30 p.m.

On the positive side, don't need ice for the beer anymore

[commanderpete]

World's largest compass

[commanderpete]

This picture gives me a headache

[commanderpete]

Much better

[Lucky Dawg]

Beautiful picture.  How often do you use that 2nd reef?  LD has one reef point and I go to it at about 18-20kts.

[commanderpete]

I use the second reef all the time. This way I can carry the full genoa longer.  Boat actually goes fastest this way

[commanderpete]

If I'm fishing, I'll furl the genoa and sheet the main in. Then I can do a very slow troll

[commanderpete]

Still have enough control to avoid crashing into the bridge, where Striped Bass tend to congregate

Does make for some crazy looking GPS tracks

[commanderpete]

This buoy is known locally as "Crazy Charlie"

Taken a few pops recently

[commanderpete]

Ice on the decks.

It's getting painful

[mbd]

Egads?!!?  Are you still IN THE WATER AND SAILING??? It got up to 30 degrees today and we're expecting 6-12" of snow tonight!

You're my new hero Pete!

PS. Tell me those aren't HOLES in your coarch roof along the starboard side. I'm going to have nightmares tonight. :eek:

[commanderpete]

I had removed the old jib track and filled the holes. Going to replace that.

Hopefully there won't be any more bashing to windward this year

[commanderpete]

Of course I could drive to the fish market instead, but I'm doomed to suffer for a nice fatty

[Tim Mertinooke]

That striper looks to be a shade smaller than 28 inches.  Hope you know an attorney.