Took the boat out yesterday with Paul on Union Reservoir! He backed her into the water while I crawled under the seats again to check for leaks. Nothing! Nice and dry!. We kept a plug in the scupper because she wanted to drag her stern. Probably in part from Paul's new Suzuki 4 stroke on the transom in case of emergencies.
Winds were up to 15mph at first, so we hoisted the iron jib that Paul brought along and he motored us out to the center of the reservoir while I rigged everything en route since it was so crazy busy at the dock. Must have been two dozen boats on the water!
We ran around under main alone, needing to backwind it to come through on a tack. She still seemed to point pretty high and handled the chop just fine. As the wind dropped, we hoisted the jib and she came through a tack allright. Gybed gently. The wind dropped to just ripples on the water and we brought her in to the dock under sails alone.
All in all, a successful shake-down cruise, a lot of fun, and plenty of sun-burn to prove it!
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