Rants from the Sun baked Sonoran desert. All content copyright 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
10 August 2008
Sunday afternoon quality time
One quart Marine Varnish: $22 (on sale)
Boat trailer: $270 (Also on sale)
Trailer registration: $100 (one time fee)
Tempe Town Lake permit: $30
An afternoon with the 9YO away from video games: Priceless!
The winds were about perfect - 10 kts, which is enough to give the boat a good push, and the lake is small enough that the waves don't have much time to pile up.
The boat hasn't been in the water for several years so I took a couple tacks across the lake as a shakedown before picking up the 9YO. Good thing... The wind started picking up and I started hiking out, when the outhaul popped free of the cleat letting the sail fly free and dumping me backwards into the lake. Dagnamit! I know these lines should have stopper knots at the end. Well glad that happened before the 9YO climbed aboard.
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