SV Moontide
Find a Topic!
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Life Aboard
    • A Woman's Perspective
    • A Guy's View
    • A Dog's Life
  • Restoration
    • 2009-2010
    • 2011
    • 2012
    • 2013
    • 2014
    • 2015
    • 2016
    • Resources
  • Gallery
  • Videos
  • Guests & Crew
  • Contact Us

Sails Up!

9/19/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Note the empty space where Moontide sat for the last three years... Huzzah!
PictureOkay, they're up. Now what?
On September 18th, we motored from Pirate's Cove to Hayden Island Marina on the Columbia, giving MT her first real excursion since 2011!
Crew included Skipper Michael, Admiral Gabrielle, Helmsman Fred Pfhaler, and able-bodied sea-persons Kim Caron, Hans Kerstetter, and Allison Bennett-Rice.

Clearing the Multnomah Channel and beginning our run down the Willamette, we raised sail with great expectations. 
Mainsail up!
Genoa loosed and unfurled! Mizzensail hauled away! Every-thing looked good.
But there was no wind. Nil. Nix. Nada... Alas.
So, we left everything  up, and practiced tacking a few times while under power, in hopes that a breeze might stir out on the Columbia.

"Pretend there's wind, and the boat's heeled over. We're headed for the bank there and we need to turn..."
Fortunately, our crew had great imaginations, and joined in the exercises wholeheartedly. 

Picture
Allison and Fred 'hang on' as Kim hauls in on the port jib sheet! No wind!
We turned west on the Columbia River and motored downstream for almost an hour, hoping to actually sail, but apparently neither Zephyrus, nor Favonius felt inclined to oblige.
As the afternoon grew long in the tooth, we turned back upstream, past the Willamette, had a pleasant swing past the railroad bridge, passed under the I-5 bridge and docked at Hayden Island Marina. All in all, an uneventful voyage.
Not a bad thing, for the first time out.

Now, time for OWSA parties and Pirates! Yar!
  
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Michael & Gabrielle Dowding

    We are the owners and restorers of the SV Moontide. This is our life. These are our adventures!

    Archives

    December 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    October 2013
    September 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013

    Categories

    All
    Adventures
    Friends
    Restoration
    Sailing

    Other Blogs you might like:

    SIYC.org

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly