Father's Day 2008

This weekend we spent a lot of time on the boat. Wasn't much wind so was a perfect time to break out all the water sports gear. We went tubing, knee boarding and wake boarding on perfect sheltered water in the Banana River.

Danny and Devin on Tube

Lisa's First Sail

Lisa, Danny and I took the new boat out for a sail today. It was Lisa's first time out on it. We sailed with just the jib up after crossing under Mathers Bridge and going out into the Indian River. Lisa practiced motoring, controlling the throttle forward and reverse, and driving onto and off the anchor.

Catalina 30 in her slip

First Sail

Wow, it's been a long time since anything was posted to this blog. Today Danny and I went out on the new sailboat with the previous owner Keith. He helped us practice getting it in and out of the slip, and getting the sails up and down. After Keith left Danny and I took it out ourselves. It was beautiful weather with winds about 5-6mph out of the East.

Danny at the Helm of the 1989 30' Catalina

Danny in the Kayak

Danny got to use the kayak for the first time today, we went out to the Melbourne River and he practiced paddling as well as pedaling.

Hobie Kayak

Sailing Video

This is one of the best sailing videos that I've ever run across. There's a lot going on including trimarans, catamarans, monohulls, sail boarders, and kite surfers all interweaving each other at high speeds. Check out those trimarans flying with two hulls out of the water! WOW!

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