I’m Sailing Away …

Our vacation is rapidly drawing to a close, and we spent part of our last full day sailing. We went out on a short “cruise” aboard Surprise, a Friendship Sloop similar to the one pictured, which sails out of Southwest Harbor.

The wind was blowing 15 or so when we left dock with a single foresail and our main reefed to the first line. By the end of our sail, the wind was blowing 20 to 25, with gusts considerably higher. I thought it was a great sail, but, some of the other passengers were looking a little nervous, especially when the rail was down to the water.

All of my pictures from the trip may be found here.