Joe Dupere
07-28-2002, 02:15 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I finally had a chance to meet up with Ishmael. He and I took my Weekender out to Lake Sebasticook in Newport, Maine, which is about 5 miles long by about 3 miles wide. The winds were out of the west, about 20 knots or so with gusts up to 25 knots and coming down the long part of the lake. The Weekender design is a 16' LOD gaff rig with a flat bottom and deep(ish) keel. I'd had her on Sebasticook four times in the couple of weeks prior to sailing with Ish, but always in much lighter winds. Most of my sailing in her has been with my dad and that always off the Maine coast somewhere. Ish has a Drascombe lugger which has been stored for about four or five years, so it was his first time out in a while. We took turns at the tiller and had a pretty wet ride across the lake with three foot rollers in the middle part of the lake. We finally found a cove and hove to for a bit and reefed in the main. After that the ride was much more relaxing. The sailing that day was very good, but let's just say my docking needs a bit of practice, and let it go at that!!
We had a good six hours on the lake, talking about everything, and nothing, the way you do when you're getting to know someone. It was a very nice day and we have plans to do it again sometime soon. Ish is planning to get his lugger up here so we can do turn about. Can't wait.
And as they say, a good day sailing is better than a bad day at work.
Joe
We had a good six hours on the lake, talking about everything, and nothing, the way you do when you're getting to know someone. It was a very nice day and we have plans to do it again sometime soon. Ish is planning to get his lugger up here so we can do turn about. Can't wait.
And as they say, a good day sailing is better than a bad day at work.
Joe