Sailing on Mark Twain Lake

Warm weather has finally come to Missouri. It had been wet and rainy with highs in the 60's. The sun came out last week and it warmed to the high 80's. This gave Suz a chance to get some sun.



Sunday we had good sailing with consistent winds of 12-15 knots.

From May 5

A video of our May 23 sailing is available atMTLSA YouTube site

Spinnaker

We have been wanting to buy a spinnaker to fly on light wind days. We found a used on at Bacon Sails online. It came with a dousing sock that should make raising and lower the sail easier.

From April 11 Thursday nite race

Here is a video of our first try.




We have learned that it works best for Suz to be at the bow and manage the spinnaker. Mark can pull up the halyard and trim the gib sheet. We attach a block to the toe rail near the wench.

We also learned we need to be careful of the wind speed. We tried to fly it in 12+ knots of wind and almost ran aground trying to bing it down.

It will be fun to learn more as we sail this summer.