NormMessinger
06-13-2002, 02:02 PM
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid22/p411b3fa76c695d9b3ccb0d53c0b305b7/fda995df.jpg
We pulled Prairie Islander to Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton South Dakota last Thursday and rented a slip in the Marina in anticipation of three days of sailing on a big lake along with other wooden boats, mostly Stevenson's Projects design as this was their announced gathering. It was an interesting trip up Interstate 29. With a significant tail wind the Ford sailed along at about 15 miles per gallon of gas. Ten is usual pulling the boat. That was nice until it came time to squeezing into the slip between the high dollar tonage with a >20 mph tail wind. Phyllis was convinced there was not enough space but after a significant display of nervousness we eased in without touching anything but Prairie Islander's fenders. Three feet to spare between us and the go fast stink potter next door.
We settled in for the night with a halyard banging an aluminum mast a couple of boats over. As the evening wore on the wind came up. Twice I crawled out to rearrange the fenders and to add more spring lines. Sleep did not come easy. About midnight there was a terrible crash. In my dream state I saw the mast come through the cabin top. Turned out the boat lurched just a Phyllis was attempting to seat herself and landed beside the portapotty. Later a breaker crashed throught the foredeck into the cabin but that turned out to be only a flotation cushion that I had propped up behind my head falling on my forehead.
The wind subsided before dawn but returned before we crawled out of the bunks. Igor, the National Weather Service's automatic voice forecast another windy day so we stayed ashore.
By Friday evening all of our new friends blew in with a Caladonia Yawl and two Weekenders. Phyllis had anticipated such an event and had prepared with two of the best jug wines from The Winery in Omaha.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid22/p6cb537e6f72e5509dbdbb5327fd76374/fda99564.jpg
Even if the wind had not subsided Saturday morning enough for us to get out on the lake for a couple of hours this evening would have made the trip worth while.
But we did get out. For pictures of our boats see: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291743155 and http://www.paxtonconsulting.com/yankton2002.html .
The Caladonia Yawl with one reef and the Weekenders were slightly faster then Prairie Islander. The GPS showed our speed to be as much as 6.3 mph but they were alway just a little faster. But no matter, that just made for more photo ops as they passed by.
http://www.paxtonconsulting.com/yankton20022_files/y200206.jpg
We are looking forward to next year.
--Norm
[ 06-13-2002, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: NormMessinger ]
We pulled Prairie Islander to Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton South Dakota last Thursday and rented a slip in the Marina in anticipation of three days of sailing on a big lake along with other wooden boats, mostly Stevenson's Projects design as this was their announced gathering. It was an interesting trip up Interstate 29. With a significant tail wind the Ford sailed along at about 15 miles per gallon of gas. Ten is usual pulling the boat. That was nice until it came time to squeezing into the slip between the high dollar tonage with a >20 mph tail wind. Phyllis was convinced there was not enough space but after a significant display of nervousness we eased in without touching anything but Prairie Islander's fenders. Three feet to spare between us and the go fast stink potter next door.
We settled in for the night with a halyard banging an aluminum mast a couple of boats over. As the evening wore on the wind came up. Twice I crawled out to rearrange the fenders and to add more spring lines. Sleep did not come easy. About midnight there was a terrible crash. In my dream state I saw the mast come through the cabin top. Turned out the boat lurched just a Phyllis was attempting to seat herself and landed beside the portapotty. Later a breaker crashed throught the foredeck into the cabin but that turned out to be only a flotation cushion that I had propped up behind my head falling on my forehead.
The wind subsided before dawn but returned before we crawled out of the bunks. Igor, the National Weather Service's automatic voice forecast another windy day so we stayed ashore.
By Friday evening all of our new friends blew in with a Caladonia Yawl and two Weekenders. Phyllis had anticipated such an event and had prepared with two of the best jug wines from The Winery in Omaha.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid22/p6cb537e6f72e5509dbdbb5327fd76374/fda99564.jpg
Even if the wind had not subsided Saturday morning enough for us to get out on the lake for a couple of hours this evening would have made the trip worth while.
But we did get out. For pictures of our boats see: http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291743155 and http://www.paxtonconsulting.com/yankton2002.html .
The Caladonia Yawl with one reef and the Weekenders were slightly faster then Prairie Islander. The GPS showed our speed to be as much as 6.3 mph but they were alway just a little faster. But no matter, that just made for more photo ops as they passed by.
http://www.paxtonconsulting.com/yankton20022_files/y200206.jpg
We are looking forward to next year.
--Norm
[ 06-13-2002, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: NormMessinger ]