Port Townsend Bay,
Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Captain Kirk Gresham

Kirk Gresham (Captain Kirk), broadcast on our local pocket yachters list that he was itching to go out on the water and his boat is packed up for the winter... And it was another rare sunny day in the high 30's F...  So, I called him to crew on Yasmin.  I was also itching to get some feedback from an experienced sailer on how my outhaul control was dealing with the lee helm problem.

He experienced the lee helm as we hoisted the sail, and she wanted to take off toward Indian Island (downwind).  The 'test outhaul' doesn't  kick in until the sail is at it's full height. As soon as the sail was fully up, the outhaul yanked the luff end of the bottom batten back toward the mast and Yasmin started to behave and was almost balanced.  So, I will install the full outhaul control lines and Kirk also suggest maybe moving the halyard forward on the yard maybe a foot.

It was cold, with variable 5 to 11 knot winds, with wind chill factor making it feel like 31 degrees, so we didn't stay out too long, one run up to Point Hudson and back.

Thank you, Kirk, for getting out on such a beautiful day.  I hope to be fully rigged for this years Shipwrights' (Regatta) Race on February 23rd.

Heading toward the paper mill

Another perfect day for sailing!

New Years Day 2013, out on Port Townsend Bay

New Years Day 2013, snowy Cascades in the east, Tabitha's hood as she helmed the CS17 for her dad,  to take this shot with his phone.  (by Edward Gossett)

Just had to get on the water and it turned out to be one of the rare sunny days this season.  The Cascade Mountains were dusted with snow on the Eastern horizon and Mount Baker was solid white and massive in the Northeast.

About 13:30 we found +Edward Gossett out in the middle of Port Townsend bay, testing an additional sail between the two mainsails  while is adroit 4 year old 'manned' the helm of their core-sound-17.

Later, again with Tabitha at the helm, Edward took two pictures of Yasmin... I hope to figure out my phone camera and promise to return the favor on future messabouts.

Edward has his own blog where he describes their frequent family adventures from each family member's perspective, such refreshing and cool way to tell the story and highlight learnings. http://foggysailing.com

Happy New year, I'm feeling that this will be the luckiest year yet 2013!

New years day 2013, with Port Townsend Waterfront by Edward Gossett