tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42264639057403423312024-03-05T21:41:52.233-05:00Planing AroundBuilding and sailing a Goat Island Skiff plus other boaty funSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-64592249056852734822018-08-15T21:43:00.000-04:002018-08-15T21:43:43.776-04:00A summer day at Ft. De SotoA fun summer day at Ft. De Soto. With massive Red Tide just a few miles south of us we're enjoying the area before it all gets wiped out.<br />
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A strong ebb and a bit of summer breeze carried us swiftly out Bunces Pass.</div>
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Stopped for lunch on the ever growing shoal just south of Bunces. The beach on the horizon is part of the shoal.</div>
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After lunch, we sailed north along Shell Key and, for the first time, entered the new pass which was created by hurricane Irma. This used to be all marsh and sand. The old pass on the northern tip of the island filled in completely so now this is the only cut north of Bunces pass. As a result, the current whips through here at an impressive clip. We had enough wind to slowly make way against the current right up the the narrowest part but had to give up and beached for a break.</div>
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Minor calamity as a result of a wind shift due to the building sea breeze and a tangled sheet. I think the crew were complaining at this point that I'm taking phots instead of helping right the boat. </div>
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We took advantage of the sea breeze and reached all the way to the northern tip of Shell Key and into Pass-a-Grille channel where we were hoping to portage back over the old cut and continue our circumnavigation of the island. No chance. I had not realized the extent to which the inlet filled in. There is no sign of it and we'd have to carry the boat 75 yards through the dunes. </div>
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We beat out of Pass-a-Grille channel against a 13-18 knot breeze. I rarely sail with 4 people which is the maximum you can reasonably fit so wasn't sure how the boat would do against the chop. We once took a bit of green water over the bow but the boat handled great and we made good progress into the chop. Once clear of the inlet we turned south and a close reach got us quickly back into Bunces Pass which was still ebbing slightly. We sailed a few feet off the north shore to stay out of the main current and easily got back through. </div>
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A stop for one last cool-off soak at the inside shoal, now exposed by the falling tide. </div>
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Red track going out, pink returning.</div>
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-32984416986402299582017-05-20T20:47:00.000-04:002017-05-20T20:48:49.125-04:00A Bit of Spirited Sailing at Cedar KeyThe big small boat gathering at Cedar Key was another success. We had fantastic winds for those who wanted to go bonkers. A bit too much on Saturday kept many boats form launching. Those who did launch had a great time. I finally got the yard cam aimed right and captured some of the fun. Winds on Thursday were gusting to near 30mph. Some of the clips in this video are on that day and the others are in 18-22 mph winds. We had one reef in the sail and it was about right. Full sail is really a blast in these conditions but I didn't feel like capsizing.<br />
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-35837363664234201302017-02-25T22:01:00.000-05:002017-02-25T22:01:38.562-05:00Chesapeake Light Craft Demo Day in St PeteI always look forward to seeing what the wizards at CLC bring for us to play with. My absolutely favorite kayak is the stitch and glue Night Heron. I love how it paddles and I really like it's unique look. This year CLC brought the strip built Night Heron. It's a beautiful boat and wonderful to paddle but I think I like the puzzle boat better.<br />
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Here's Kristi paddling the S&G Night Heron. This was a few years ago. </div>
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Lots of art to paddle. </div>
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I could get used to having this gorgeous bow always in view.</div>
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-64885454724107976022017-02-13T10:07:00.001-05:002017-02-13T10:13:09.916-05:00Lake TarponThe blog's not dead! Life's been busy and we've not gotten out on the water much. A little bit of kayak exploring on Lake Tarpon.<br />
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<br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-23141477335750564822016-11-21T16:34:00.000-05:002016-11-21T16:34:07.414-05:00Hanging out in Cedar KeyThe November WCTSS trip to Cedar Key is growing every year. One trip per year is clearly not enough. The town is still recovering from flood damage due to Hurricane Hermine. A lot has been repaired but they still have work to do to get back to 100%. As has become a tradition, we stayed at Sunset Isle campground. They have already done many repairs and others are ongoing. The little docks we liked so much are gone.<br />
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Goat spent Friday night in marsh grass. Got crabs.</div>
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You meet the most interesting people at Cedar Key. Ida Little and Michael Walsh authors of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beachcruising-Coastal-Camping-Ida-Little/dp/0918752159" target="_blank">Beach Cruising and Coastal Camping</a>".</div>
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<br />Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-7772771515798224022016-09-25T21:54:00.000-04:002016-11-02T23:36:47.262-04:00Ft De Soto Sailing Season Opener Daysail with WCTSSIt's been a long, hot summer with not much interesting sailing going on. It's still hot but good sailing weather is coming up real fast so I dusted off Goat and joined the WCTSS for an easy daysail at Ft Desoto, a 20 minute drive from our house.<br />
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Approaching the fleet anchored at the giant shoal off North beach at Ft DeSoto park. This shoal has been growing recently and is now very large with some interesting features to explore. </div>
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We explored the shoal but Dimitri, with his Wind Rider's deep 18" draft, just could not hang with Goat's ridiculous shoal water ability. I routinely skim over shoals where the gulls are walking. Off the wind, board and rudder up I need maybe 4", maybe less if it's blowing hard enough to scrape over the sand. </div>
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Delicate sand dollars survived the sail back nestled in the bow.</div>
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We brought Goat, two bikes and two full size kayaks. I need to add kayak racks to the Goat trailer. In the meantime the kayaks go inside the RV through the rear window. A bit ghetto but OK as a temporary solution for short trips. </div>
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Launched Goat Thursday morning. RV with Goat trailer fits well in launch ramp spaces. This was a requirement when we were picking out what to get for a camper.</div>
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Thursday the winds were 15 kn gusting to 20 kn. Only a handful of boats were out. I had the second reef in and Goat was scooting around at 5-7 kn. Glen was out as well in his Beetle Cat.</div>
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I was sailing the boat off the wind while videoing when a gust hit. I was too slow steering the boat back under the sail and over we went. No big deal, was back upright in seconds. Did not even get wet. I have video of the whole thing and will post when edited. A screen shot for now. </div>
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On the way back in to Cedar Key I hit a group of f#$%ing Manatees! No really, they were mating in the channel. The water was murky and I had no idea they were there. As the boat stopped with a bang the water exploded around me and one of the Manatees side swiped the rudder. It hit hard enough to blow out the rudder box. I did not realize it at the time as I still had good steering control and it was only a short distance to the beach.</div>
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That night with Hugh Horton's help, a scrap piece of wood, one pump of West System and a couple of deck screws we had the rudder cassette back to functional. The permanent repair will require a complete rebuild.</div>
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Friday the wind was a couple knots lighter at 14-16 kn, which is a shame as I had great crew. Wes White and I spent the afternoon flogging the Goat. There was enough wind to just start the Goat planing at around 7 kn with a few bursts into mid 8 kn range. With a couple more knots of wind we would have been solidly on plane all day long! But I'm not complaining. Photo by Michael Jones.</div>
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JF Bedard was out there handling the chop very well in his own design Ozona pram. Check out his web site: <a href="https://www.bedardyachtdesign.com/">https://www.bedardyachtdesign.com</a> Photo by Michael Jones.</div>
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Wes and I not hiking hard but fully powered up. Photo by Michael Jones.</div>
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Planing around. GPS track log says we are doing 7.3 - 7.9 kn at this moment. Video by Michael Jones.</div>
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Island Place beach Friday night.</div>
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Saturday the beach at Atsena Otie is filling up.</div>
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Sunday at Atsena we met Jacob and Ampai. Jacob built "Groot" a beautifully executed Gary Dierking wa'apa outrigger canoe. Interesting modifications are the Storer balanced lug and foils. </div>
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Jacob with Ampai, Hugh with Karen and I went sailing around and through Atsena Otie. </div>
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Entering Atsena Otie.</div>
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NE exit from Atsena. Note the super high tide. Low tide exposes oyster bars all over this area. </div>
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Monday Hugh Horton and Harry (Goke) Tomlinson rig their Buffleheads. Spot the Goat?</div>
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Hugh with Karen, Goke and I sailed to North Key on Monday.</div>
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<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TvhBgYJkI80" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-53043356922830995852016-02-24T20:55:00.003-05:002016-02-24T20:55:31.685-05:00Washington's Birthday RegattaEgret is a replica of Commodore Ralph Munro's design form 1886. Munroe was an early settler of Biscayne Bay. His estate, called The Barnacle, is now a historic park in Coconut Grove. The park hosts an annual regatta for classic boats of all types. This year is the 20th anniversary of the recreation of the original Biscayne Bay regatta held in 1887.<br />
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We arrived in Coconut Grove after an easy 4.5 hr drive down I-75. The area around The Barnacle is a vibrant and congested downtown with lots of excellent restaurants. Since we arrived mid-day Friday traffic was not bad by big city standards. The Seminole Launch ramp next door to the Coconut Grove Sailing Club was recommended by the regatta organizers and it is a very good ramp. It filled up on Saturday but was deserted when we launched on Friday.<br />
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Dennis Bradley and crew arrived shortly after we did. </div>
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A pleasant view while rigging the boat. </div>
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Dennis prefers to launch before stepping the masts.</div>
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A couple helping hands make mast stepping easy at the dock.</div>
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Launched and ready to go. </div>
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When we inquired about a mooring at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club they were out of deep water moorings but had no problem accommodating a shallow draft Egret. The club is a great place with friendly staff and a 24-hour mooring shuttle that worked really well. We brought bikes, so after picking up a mooring, we took the shuttle to shore and did a bit of bike exploring in the immediate area around The Barnacle. It's all very walkable but the bikes were nice to have. The ramp was empty so Dennis stayed for a while at the dock while his crew finished provisioning for their upcoming sail back to Pine Island. </div>
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Dennis leaving the ramp. </div>
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Waking up Saturday morning.</div>
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On Saturday, The Barnacle hosted a breakfast with delicious baked goods and coffee. After breakfast we had the captain's meeting for the upcoming race. The race organizers kindly spelled out the rules in exquisite detail for all of us non-racers. This included a fully acted out visualization of the race course layout. </div>
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Some of the fleet assembled at The Barnacle dock before the race.</div>
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Some park rules were suspended for this private event.</div>
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Boats were divided into 3 classes. We were in Egret class. One glance at the competition and we knew we would be jockeying with the other two Egrets for the last 3 places. Our performance turned out to be a ridiculous comedy of errors. Not being racers we did not take the race seriously but wanted to at least see how we did against the other Egrets. That was not to be. As an example of the absurdity of the day, race two started while I was answering the call of nature below. Nuff said.</div>
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Taking the scenic route back to The Barnacle via the Brennan channel past the Coconut Grove Sailing Club mooring field.</div>
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Some of the fleet coming in behind us.</div>
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We coincidentally met up with Per Lorentzen who sailed his Sea Pearl down from West Palm Beach.</div>
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Back at The Barnacle Saturday afternoon.</div>
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Dennis's Egret sitting a bit low in the water. They are provisioned to the gills for a 12-day cruise back home to Pine Island.</div>
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Saturday night was the big party and awards ceremony. The food and company were very good. As can be expected there was just a bit of boat talk. </div>
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I scored this awesome t-shirt.</div>
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Saturday evening off The Barnacle dock. </div>
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Heading out Sunday on the mail run and raft-up.</div>
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Michael Burwell sailed with us for the day.</div>
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Alyn Pruett's Effortless anchored then the two Egrets rafted up. It was a rather rough raft-up and others, probably wisely, decided to continue sailing.</div>
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It was fun making new friends at the raft-up. The chop forced constant fender minding but it was worth it.</div>
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The mail run party.</div>
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The chief instigators. All we know is they put on a good party and liked our rum. Our kind of folks.</div>
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Conditions were ideal to launch kite-cam. Unfortunately, the old, trusty GoPro had other ideas and started malfunctioning. I took a ton of video of the Egrets sailing but the exposure is totally blown out. Will try to salvage some of the footage. </div>
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Kristi found a nice spot to do some work while I went off on a trailer tire buying spree. One of the tires developed a blister on the way from St. Pete. I did not want to use the spare and have no spare for the trip back so I took the wheel to a nearby tire shop and had the tire replaced. </div>
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We have a new-to-us toy. It's a small class-A RV called an Amera Coach II. This Cedar Key trip was our first RV open water voyage.</div>
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Launching Goat. Does this still count as small boat camping?</div>
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The weather was superb and there were several WCTSS boats out sailing while we launched and beached Goat at Island Place. Photo: Rex and Kathy Payne.</div>
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Friday night sunset at the aptly named Sunset Isle campground. We love this place.</div>
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Saturday dawned very gray and dreary with a forecast for afternoon thunderstorms. We met up with a few other boats and sailed over to Snake Key. The wind was adequate but dying. </div>
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Michael Jones's Malu and Goat at Snake Key.</div>
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On the beach at Snake Key.</div>
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On the way back to Island Place beach. Still no wind. It piped up just as we were entering the harbor, figures.</div>
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A good time was had at Island Hotel Restaurant, Saturday night.</div>
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Sunday Hugh Horton and I set out to explore behind Scale Key. When we got out of the lee of Cedar Key the wind was gusting to 15kn so we beached and put in the second reef. Still plenty of power but a much more sedate ride for pleasant exploring.</div>
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Moving halyard attachment forward to balance the second reef. Photo: Hugh Horton.</div>
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Exploring the fascinating terrain of Corrigan Reef while keeping an eye out for the elusive Marbled Weed Dabbler.</div>
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Preparing to leave Corrigan Reef for Cedar Key. The boat bottom takes a good beating on the oyster shells. Periodic touchup with epoxy fixes it right up.</div>
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Ron and the fleet.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Elcapitan Gerry arriving. Gerry prepared delicious steamed dumplings for the whole group. How he fits all that in the canoe is as impressive as his sailing that open canoe through some pretty rough Charlotte Harbor waters. </span></div>
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Saturday morning, Sun Cats preparing to motor back to Pine Island.</div>
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Tim Webb in Red Wich and I on the way to Dog Island.</div>
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Tucked in out of the wind behind Dog Island</div>
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Chris ferrying us to The Fisheries for dinner.</div>
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Bellies full, happy bunch.</div>
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Sunday morning, after a good night's sleep, it was time to play with kite-cam.</div>
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The sky looks like winter in Jersey but it actually was perfect temperature.</div>
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That's not a selfie stick. THIS is a selfie stick.</div>
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Winds aloft were so strong that I enlisted Chris's help to winch the kite back in. </div>
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Ron leaving for Eldred's.</div>
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Chris preparing to leave.</div>
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And then it was just me. Why? Because the tide receded just a bit too much while I was playing with kite-cam and Egret got stuck. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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First time out in down town St Pete. We launched at Coffee Pot Park which is 5 minutes from our house and paddled to the Pier and back. I’m a recreational paddler and my other boat is a Cape Horn 17 which is a lot more sedate. Lots to learn with the new boat. Definitely likes to go straight. Will be fixing and reinstalling the rudder pronto as it’s a total cow in a tight turn, but that’s not what it’s designed for. Paddled great in flat water. Got a little more interesting in the 1-2ft Tampa bay chop. Without a rudder it's difficult to maneuver to pick your way through the waves. Chop was piling up and breaking a bit at the entrance to Vinoy Basin. The boat eagerly mini-surfed in.<br />
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A couple of Friday arrivals, Mike's stretched Windmill "Malu" and our "Goat".</div>
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The plan was to launch at Port Of The Islands and run wing and wing down the Faka Union Canal. It would have been a great ride in the brisk winds. As we arrived at POI, though, we realized that the combination of north wind and full moon had pushed so much water out of the canal that launching was impossible. We waited, along with several other WCTSS boats, for the high tide to struggle in against the wind.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Since no one else had a floating trailer they prudently waited another hour or so and all launched without problems. High tide was so late in the afternoon, we all decided to take slips for the night rather than risk having to pick our way through the channels in the dark. The dock master was very kind to us and only charged $10 per boat. That's by far the cheapest slip we've ever paid for. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We settled into our slips and then went to dinner at </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Captain restaurant. It was the </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">the only game in town, but not bad and reasonably priced.</span></div>
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Friday morning on the way to Panther Key. Ron Hoddinot Motoring his new boat "Nomad". </div>
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Kristi steering Egret down the Faka Union Canal. Photo taken by Ron Hoddinot.</div>
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A few boats, including Dennis Bradley's Egret and Chris Behnke's DS2, were already at Panther Key when we arrived.</div>
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Settling in on Panther Key. Photo by Ron Hoddinot.</div>
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Some of us spent the afternoon plotting.</div>
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Ron's "Nomad" and Ted Jean's "Hideaway" as evening approaches.</div>
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Marty Worline's Scamp "Fat Bottom Girl" and Dennis' "Egret".</div>
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The winds built to mid-teens from the E-NE by Friday evening and we were feeling a bit exposed on the west side of Panther Key. Bill Fite decided to move to the other side of the bay for the night.</div>
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The forecast was for stable weather with the winds eventually clocking to the East. So, being lazy and not wanting to miss the camp fire, we decided to stay on the lee shore for the night. The winds never did die down, nor did they clock to the East, so we spent the night in a less than ideal position. Egret, being relatively long, narrow and heavy, with low freeboard, rides pretty quietly at anchor but the wind direction was such that we could not use the stern anchor to pull ourselves away from the beach <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">enough </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to prevent the boat from bouncing on the bottom at low tide. Drying out is fine and floating is fine but the in-between is hard to sleep through. Fortunately the bouncing only lasted from 1am-3am and we ended up getting a reasonable amount of sleep. </span></div>
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Saturday morning some found themselves a bit out of the water. The extreme tides and a restless night made for a tired bunch and many decided to sail back home Saturday morning. The winds moderated and Saturday ended up being a glorious sailing day.</div>
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The Scamp two Egrets and Dimitri's Mac 26X were the only ones left.</div>
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Since Denis's Egret was hard aground we invited him and his friend Mik to go for a sail. Dimitri's "Lucky 7" in the back ground.</div>
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I was playing with a new toy, a Garmin Glo Bluetooth GPS module. This thing turns our no-cell iPad Air 2 into one badass chart plotter. I used it to identify a deep water channel surrounding an un-named island between White Horse Key and Hog Key so we went off exploring.</div>
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On the beach at White Horse Key. This would be a neat place to camp or anchor but there is a strong current running. I sheeted the sails in to keep Egret "sailing" onto the beach. Otherwise she would be lying parallel to shore stern to the wind which would have necessitated dropping sails and who wants to do that for a short stop. Playing these sorts of games is big fun with the cat ketch rig.</div>
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"Fat Bottom Girl" with Marty at the helm. Marty finished last years Everglades Challenge in this boat!</div>
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The winds died down to almost nothing and we had quiet evening, a great fire and a peaceful night. Quiet except some jackass decided to fly his drone through the fire. You'll have to check out Marty's excellent video of the weekend for what that looked like. </div>
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Trying not to damage the existing finish by using big pads to distribute the clamping pressure. Worked out well.</div>
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New transom is bulletproof and practically indistinguishable from stock. The repair added 600 g of weight. Yes I weighed it.</div>
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No it's not the first weekend in May but it sure felt like it when boat after boat started showing up at the beach in front of Island Place. We had a great turnout of 20 boats, or so. Cedar Key is such a wonderful place to mess about that more than one annual trip is mandatory. Here's to a new tradition. </div>
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Jane and Eric approaching in "Belafonte", over the bow of Doug's Penobscot 17.</div>
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It's been quite a while since we have done any sailing worth mentioning. To tell the truth we still haven't done much sailing, but the first annual plyWooden Boat show in Port A, as the locals call it, was a big success. It's a good thing as Kristi and I drove 2400 miles, round trip for the weekend show. The folks at <a href="http://portaransasmuseum.org/farley-boat-works/" target="_blank">Farley Boat Works</a>, in conjunction with <a href="http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/index.php" target="_blank">Duckworks</a>, did a marvelous job of hosting the event and attracting 92 boats! Several renowned boat designers, including Michael Storer, Richard Woods and John Welsford, were in attendance and were giving talks on all sorts of interesting subjects. I didn't get a chance to see any of the talks because there was a steady stream of people coming by the Goat. I basically spent a couple days talking about boats, non-stop. Someone's gotta do it.<br />
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Bolger folding schooner and Everglades Challenge finisher Scamp "Fat Bottom Girl" among many beautiful boats. </div>
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Big ships in the channel. Not a good place for beginner sailors.</div>
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John Goodman passed on the Goat burgee to me at the show. A bit of background. Bob Wessel created said burgee. In his words: <br />
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<i>"It began as a trophy to represent the fastest bestest Goat sailor as determined in head-to-head competition..."</i> The competition never materialized so <i>"When time was winding down for Sail OK, 2011, it seemed to me, in the Corinthian spirit, John should hold the burgee until such time that he passes it on." </i><br />
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<i>"ARGHHHH Mateys! I will taunt all ye pirate goats by flying da GIS burgee from the highest peak of the yard on me none goat ship. If ya can catch me, board me and scuttle my mighty ship, that is when ye can have da flag. That is me challenge fellow pirates. Are ye goat enough to try? Forget me icy grip mates, dat darn crocodile got me hand and all I have left is a hook but beware dat hook is sharp as da croc's teeth. ARGHHHHHH!" </i><br />
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I am deeply honored and will fly it with pride until such time as another challenger rips it from my rigamortis death grip, or when I meet another worthy Goatee.</div>
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Wonderful cruiser "Coast Rider". Dave Lucas, if you're reading this: "Helen Marie's" big mommy.</div>
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Saturday night was the dinner and awards ceremony. John Goodman won the well deserved "most unique" or something like that with "Chevy Duck"</div>
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"GIR" lurking in the night.</div>
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As the show was winding down on Sunday afternoon, we were waffling as to whether to take "Goat" for a spin but Richard Woods had never sailed a GIS so that sealed the deal.</div>
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Michael Storer and Richard Woods helping launch "Goat".</div>
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It was great to watch Richard Woods demonstrate a few jibes. I'm getting to where I can do it pretty confidently in higher winds, but every once in a while it still bites me. Key is to not slow the boat down and let the apparent wind build. It's counter intuitive since slowing down is usually associated with more control and safety. Not so here. Go as fast as you can and flick the sail over with authority. No sneaking up on it.</div>
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Picture taken by Steve aboard "Termite". We are sailing at the intersection of 3 shipping channels with two large ships approaching from opposite directions. Not a huge deal but you have to stay alert out there. Fully powered up with two on the rail is oh so nice. Richard Woods on the tiller.</div>
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An idea of the ship traffic on a random day. Screen shot from the AIS traffic mapping web page: <a href="https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/">https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/</a></div>
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Mik says "if you don't follow the plans lightning will shoot from my fingers and smite you"</div>
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The Goodmans packing up to go home. That's GIR and Chevy Duck in the truck with Hapscut on the trailer. I like how they roll.</div>
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Our humble rig. The Fit does well towing the light Goat. We averaged 28.4mpg over 2485 miles, spending $258 on gas. Yep, gas is cheap on the Gulf coast. Lowest we saw was $2.77/gal. We encountered a lot of 15mph head wind on the Texas coast which brought the gas mileage down to the 23-25mpg range. No head wind, on flat Florida highways we average closer to 30mpg. Our full size Dodge van, driven gently, gets 14mpg towing Goat so that's exactly double the fuel cost. Many people comment on towing with such a small car. The rest of the world tows all sorts of trailers with small cars. Only in the US, land of cheap gas and widespread energy waste, is it considered unusual to tow with a small car.</div>
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-26005216325593986692014-06-03T00:07:00.000-04:002014-06-03T00:07:22.605-04:00Sailing Canoes at Cedar KeyFinally got a bit of time to finish editing the tons of footage we got of Hugh Horton in "Bufflehead" and Bill Ling in "Aku". Meade Gougeon also makes an appearance in his outrigger canoe "Voyager". We sailed from Atsena Oatie to Grassy Key then through the cut in Snake Key then back through the interior of Atsena where we encountered lots of oyster bars. The second day we sailed out to North Key and explored it's Southeastern shore.<br />
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-62149491201496740982014-05-14T00:39:00.000-04:002014-05-14T00:39:31.366-04:00Cedar Key Small Boat Meet Messing About VideoA short video of a few of the boats out playing during the event. Still working on a longer one featuring just the sailing canoes.<br />
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-21458029108507335962014-05-11T22:56:00.000-04:002014-05-11T22:56:31.713-04:00Cedar Key Small Boat Meet 2014This was the 30th anniversary of the big bash at Cedar Key. As always we were really looking forward to this event. It's the highlight of the year for small boat messing about. Two weeks out the long range weather forecast was calling for rain Thursday through mid day Saturday. I've got to hand it to the weather nerds, they really nailed it this time as the rain started Thursday and cleared out Saturday afternoon. <br />
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Once we headed out the first boat we met was Mike Jones' gorgeous William Garden Eel "Aunt Louise"</div>
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Everglades Challenge veteran Harry Tomlinson "Goke" in his Bufflehead.</div>
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Rob Hazard brought his yawl rigged Goat Island Skiff. It's so much fun sailing in company with a sister-ship.</div>
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Beached on Atsena Oatie to check out all the other cool boats. Our Goat in foreground and Doug Engh's Penobscot 17 in the background.</div>
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One of the coolest boats this year was the famous <a href="http://www.robbwhite.com/rescue.minor.html" target="_blank">Rob White Rescue Minor</a> piloted by his son Wes. The green hull is a Robb White Sport Boat. </div>
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Hugh Horton arrives with "Bufflehead".</div>
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Saturday mid afternoon the weather had become ideal for venturing out on a small expedition to Snake Key with a stop at Grassy Key. </div>
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"Goat" and Bill Ling's Sailing Canoe "Aku".</div>
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Meade Gougeon's EC first-in-class rocket ship "Voyager" and "Bufflehead".</div>
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Hugh arriving at Snake Key.</div>
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Running through the interior cut on Snake Key.</div>
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Too much fun! Photo by Hugh Horton.</div>
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Rob's GIS heading back to Island Place beach.</div>
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Goat can go pretty much where the canoes go but hitting oyster bars with the dagger board is a lot more exciting. Down wind we were generally OK with the board out and an occasional scrape. Up wind amongst the oyster bars was quite interesting. Bard (Hugh's son) was my able crew and he had a workout tending to the board. At one point it got so bad that Bard was poling us along with the dagger board. Fun times.<br />
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Kent and Barbara Blakely's classic Sea Pearl, #8 was one of only a couple boats to venture out on Saturday. A couple reefs in the lug rig and 6 people for ballast worked well. Oh, the other boat to go out was a Puddle Duck Racer, of course!</div>
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22' Melonseed with all kinds of gadgets including a tiller pilot.</div>
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We've seen this big Skipjack before. She's an impressive sight. Took the owner 9 1/2 years to build.</div>
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Doug Engh's Penobscot 17 "Ransom II"</div>
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Doug and I went back out on the Penobscot Sunday afternoon. The winds were now in the low teens gusting to maybe 15-16. We had full sail up and the boat stayed balanced and handled very nicely. </div>
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-17598248167729715422014-04-11T00:59:00.000-04:002014-04-11T00:59:03.434-04:00And Now for Something Completely DifferentNot doing any sailing lately but we did make it to Sun-n-Fun. In case you are not an airplane nut, Sun-n-Fun is the second largest airshow after Oshkosh. It's a great time and only an hour away from our house. We were in a good spot and the light was right to get a few decent shots of the Blue Angels.<br />
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Shiny show-planes.</div>
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Hinge and latch mechanism on the Grumman Avenger's folding wing is a work of art. Ridiculously small and light considering what it has to do. Why do we not have push-button hydraulically operated folding masts on our boats? Oh yeah, sailboats are of no military value.</div>
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<span class="style14"> Just Aircraft's Super STOL. One of my favorite planes at the show. This thing will take off and land in less than 100ft. A lot less in the hands of an experienced STOL pilot.</span></div>
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-32404937993954733252014-03-01T23:05:00.001-05:002014-03-02T12:01:52.149-05:00Everglades Challenge 2014 StartIt's that time of the year. The EC started this morning and for once the weather was beautiful. A record number of boats lined up at the start. I heard that there are about 140 competitors this year but have not confirmed that. Whatever the number it's the biggest turnout yet. Here's a quickie iPhone video of some of the start.<br />
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Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10094822137791392023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4226463905740342331.post-62404096320330751442014-02-18T13:18:00.000-05:002014-02-18T13:18:35.911-05:00"Meade's Island" daysailTo celebrate being the only state without snow on the ground I joined the WCTSS for a daysail. We have not been on the water in quite some time and it was good to get back out there. Several folks braved the relatively chilly 62 degrees with 15kn winds and we had a fun time catching up on the beach. <br />
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Launching at Pop Stansell Park in Palm Harbor. It's a nice beach launch, perfect for small boats and kayaks.</div>
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Ron and Whisper coming in at top speed. Whisper flew at 9kn-10kn on the down wind run to "Meade's Island"</div>
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Eric and Jane Devoe's beautiful Welsford Houdini, Belafonte in the foreground. We met up on the beach at "Meade's Island" We call it "Meade's Island" because it's in front of Meade Gougeon's house.</div>
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Pulling out at the end of a great day</div>
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