Summer Family Trip - 2007

Kelsey and Kirsten on the bow.

Kirsten

Kids riding the rail.

Kelsey

Another Pearson 33!!

8/7/07 Tuesday
South Twin Island to La Pointe

Tuesday dawned bright, sunny, and beautiful.  We swam off the stern of the boat and were sailing by 10:00 a.m..  We needed to charge our batteries and so we motored all the way to Quarry Bay on Stockton Island.  We could feel the heat blowing in with the southern wind.  By afternoon it would be almost 90 degrees.

We anchored for lunch in Quarry Bay and ate our cheese, crackers, raisins, summer sausage, chips, cookies, and Rye Krisp with peanut butter and jelly.  Life doesn’t get much better then that.

After lunch Jennifer and the kids went ashore to swim and explore Quarry Bay.  I stayed back on the boat as I wanted to finish waxing the cockpit and complete a couple other little repairs.  As we were anchored I could feel the wind increasing out of the south and knew we were in for a fun sail in the afternoon. 

When the kids returned to the boat we made the boat ship shape and ready for the rough water.  We checked to make sure all the ports were shut, sea cocks closed, and all our loose gear packed up tight.  We raised anchor and began tacking to La Pointe on Madeline Island .  The wind was blowing from 9 to 16.5 knots.  The wind speed was really variable but nevertheless it made for a fun sail.  

Our tacks were sharp and we made good progress towards Madeline Island.  The boat was heeled and the kids spent the majority of the sail riding the rail as we bashed into the 2’ to 4’ waves.  We could feel the heat blowing across the water and were glad we were out on the lake.

Eventually we caught up to another sailboat tacking home and it was Jay on his Pearson 33-2.  We tacked together and I got some good pictures of his boat.  It was fun to have the two Pearson 33s sailing together.

We peeled off onto a reach and lowered sails just outside the Madeline Island Marina.  We entered the harbor and were sent to slip B-13 were we would spend the night.  I am a member of the Pikes Creek Keel Club and used my yacht club card to stay free for the night.  It’s the only place I have ever used my reciprocal club privileges

Once the boat was secured we walked into town for ice cream and to find a newspaper in order to get caught up on the world's news.  We found ice cream but no newspapers.  Back at the boat we watched the stars and fell asleep dreaming of a non-oatmeal breakfast in town in the morning.

A good day.

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