So Windsong has been sailing quite a bit lately and we have been enjoying every minute of it. Ty and I took her out on a fairly windy day and she stretched out in the water and cruised along around 6 kts with winds 10 to 15 gusting to 20/25. This boat sails so comfortable and smooth, it takes no effort at the helm to cruise along.
Yesterday Jessica got off work early and we had a rare opportunity to sail together without kids! I got to the boat in the morning and prepared her for sailing as well as picked up a bottle of red wine. (forgot the opener though) Then at noon I picked Jess up, we grabbed some lunch and were at the boat by 12:30. We went out for a few hours and while it was windy at around 15 kts with a lot of inconsistant gusts it was great. We anchored out in a cove and I went for a swim, it was a perfect afternoon and a date on the boat both Jess and I needed. Docking in the wind was fun as anyone with an Endeavour can tell you backing up is not a sailboats strong point, especially this one!
Now for every ying, there is a yang and last night was the YANG.. About 3:30am I felt something wet on my feet at the end of the bed only to discover pretty much the entire length of the boat on the starboard side was dripping. So at 4am I began to tear down all the panels and coring to the underside of the deck only to discover it wasn't something I was going to be able to fix. It turns out to be a continuation of the leaky port problem these boats are known for. We will be replacing the ports in the near future but it's a $2,000 project I was hoping to hold off until the end of Spring with caulk, duct tape and plastic.. It looks as though I'll either need to just do it, or take up stock in 3M!
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