Day 7 - Last day on the water

YouTube has let me down, no matter how hard I have tried I have not been able to upload video of me wrestling with a David Harleyson and a cheese grater.  So here they are now on Vimeo:

See: http://vimeo.com/52232580  for me riding the HD out to OCSC

Yay!  This one worked, see:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwaT6ZzMshk for me, Michael and Eric and the cheese grater with man overboard drills...

See:  http://vimeo.com/52236637 for me riding back home on the freeway.

Today was the last day on the boat and was a full day in, what was, a beautiful day.  This morning I looked east and the sky was clear with blues, turquoises, yellows and a ruddy orange on the horizon. I took two things today.  A long sleeve tee shirt to save the arms from further assault by UVand a crash hat (didn't really) because I do seem to have a knack for head butting the boom (ow!)

Overall a grand day with boat control exercises in the marina under sail (no engine) having to deal with other boating traffic.  Good fun manovering the boat in a tighter area and bringing it to the pontoon under sail alone.  Even man overboard drills (I think Orange Bob is now fed up with us) have improved a good bit, and even done sail trimming for speed in light airs by using using the Outhaul, the Cunningham and the Back Stay to 'shape' the sail for more / less power.  This is a lot more complex than I ever remembered from the UK.  However the J24 is a racing yacht so definitely more bits and pieces to pull on and play with.   Good fun!

I'll add some more (and the final) vid of sailing later today / tomorrow.  Has been great fun with Michael sailing together and one never knows, maybe in the future we will meet again again at OCSC and take a boat out together.  Thanks for your patience Michael and good luck with your practical and written tests when they come around.

Tomorrow, time to ride across the Golden Gate and up the coast.  The Harley is fuelled and ready to go so am now moving into the motorcycling section of the holiday and take a trip north on Highway 1

Time to kick back and cruise baby!

Speak soon

Wayne.