Commander 235

[Lucky Dawg]

That's a great picture of a happy boy at the helm!  With 5yo (and 9yo) crew of my own, I can appreciate his enthusiasm
 
p.s.  Not sure how I missed you coming aboard in April.  Welcome and great to see another good looking Commander in our ranks!

[Rodney]

Nameless Beauty and I had our first race this weekend, and I picked a good one, the Gig Harbor LeMans, a sailboat race along the same lines as the famed car race in Le Mans, France. At the prepartory signal one minute before the gun, all boats must be anchored, all crew must be below deck, the mainsail must be down on the boom and tied with at least one sail tie, the headsail must be down on the foredeck or furled, and at the starting signal, the crew races on deck, raise the anchor, set sail, and start the race out of the small harbor through the narrow entrance and up colvos passage to a mark and back.
 
It was super fun, unfortunately we DNF'd.
 

[mbd]

That sounds like a blast! You may have DNF'd, but you looked really good doing it.  

[Rodney]

Looking forward to spring.

[Rodney]

Some videos sailing Nameless Beauty last year that I never got around to uploading.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ViLdkNftU&feature=youtu.be


http://youtu.be/_60hQbpSGN0

[Rodney]

I got the new Dickinson Spitfire grill mounted.  It is great.  It's so nice to be able to cook on evening sails.  No more cold-cuts, we're having steak or hot dogs.

[Rodney]

The old one was really ratty, big improvement.

[Rodney]

Alden and I sailed to Seattle for spring break and spent a week on the boat, walking into town each day.  We had a beautiful view every night.