Friday, April 17, 2015

Went fishing and got her under sail, finally

It had been far too long since I had had her under sail, but Uncle Koy and I headed out to go fishin.  Everything was running really really well, and we pushed hard against the incoming tide.  This also means that it took us an hour and a half to get out of the St.John's River.  And, to add to the mess, there was a nice ocean swell out of the south east at about 2 feet tall, just enough to make your rollercoaster a 4 foot up and down while you're trying to drift fish lying with the hull abeam from the swell and waves.  I think Koy enjoyed his afternoon nap!.  No fish, we started dropping a line with frozen shrimp on a hook, out at some place called the 'spoils'?, about 4 miles out.  We then hit a couple more places on the way back in, no luck.  Back to the dock.  Looking back, I think I'm starting to learn how to land that beast, with the folding prop, it glides like a son-of-a-bitch, and so my most successful landing so far have been really slow of course, but even at that, I still had to give her some throttle in reverse to stop it, not a strong gear ratio in that direction either.  Oh well, it's running great, can't wait to go out again.

Kb

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