Going big

Saturday some club members invited us out onto their Catalina 16, which they call a Buick. This is vastly different to the "scooter" Sunfish.

It was an interesting morning. The forecast had us at 16-20 mph wind, but we only sometimes got up to 16. Neverless, it was a fun morning with storm bubbles drifting over the water (but not rumbling or dropping rain or lightning on us). Another clubber was giving a lesson on his 22 ft boat (pictured), and so we "raced" a few times, but he's got a faster boat, so we could only take advantage when his student overshot a tack. Of course, they caught up to us in minutes after that.

Overall, a fun day, and of course once we docked, that's when the clouds broke and the wind kicked up. We still prefer our little dinghies, but we are considering a bigger upgrade down the road. Still want something smaller than the Catalina 16, simply because we feel less connected to everything on it, but it IS a great boat for having friends & fam aboard.

Intermediate sailing begins next week!

Mike manning the jib - our first!