Best weekend yet for sailing

On Saturday I brought four friends for a pleasant sail. The sun was shining, winds were 5 -8 knots.

Sunday was the best day yet this season. My brother, father-in-law and I went out. Winds were a brisk 10 – 15 knots, waves were 2 – 3 foot with the occasional 5 footer sneaking in. The temperature was 78 degrees and the skies were mostly overcast so it wasn’t too hot. I really love this type of sailing weather.

Light Winds Weekend

My wife at the helm.

Saturday my wife and I went out sailing by ourselves. We had a brief encounter with enough wind to move us at a clip of about 4 knots, but most of the afternoon we were in the doldrums.

Sunday my brother and I went out. Winds were a little better, but nothing to get excited about. I did play with my new “Sports camcorder”. It is water proof and I mounted it on a 10 foot telescoping
pole.
 

Waukegan Harbor Marina

I had to make a visit to the boat after work today to replace the bilge pump that stopped working. While there I decided to take a 360 degree panorama of "Thanks Dad's" home. Click picture to view, then click and drag to rotate image.

GPS track of yesterday's sail

You can change "Settings to HD" for a better view.

Bonus Sail

I have been out of the country for the past 3 weeks and had expected to miss out on sailing for 4 weekends in a row. 

On my return trip, I was originally scheduled to arrive in NYC on Friday with an overnight layover returning home on Saturday night.

With some help from my friends at American Airlines, I was able to get on a Friday night flight home and now had both Saturday and Sunday at home.  Of course I had to go sailing on this bonus day.

My brother, wife and another couple went out for 4 hours.  It was a good afternoon of sailing.