Summer bliss on Grand Traverse Bay

On Thursday, I was looking out my window at work and feeling very blue that I wasn't sailing with David when he took our Indy friends out for a sail.  It was a PERFECT wind day.  <sigh> Yesterday, I managed to leave work early but the wind was howling out of the north a little too much for the S2, so we had a quiet little date night at the dock.  Today, however, proved to be another GREAT WIND day.  So, we hopped aboard, threw off the dock lines, and blasted over to Antrim County.

What a day :)

Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eye
(sorry!)

Our friend, Dave, on Seas the Day was enjoying the day, too!

Happy Camper

Happy Camper #2

The trusty ol' S2

Sailed over to Antrim County.  This was taken on our way back to Suttons Bay.

WOO-HOO!  Great wind!

Sitting high.  Looking low.

Just a *f*u*n* ride today!

Adjusting from a wheel/helm back to a tiller.....

Clear water in the bay and at the dock.

We're baaaaaack!

Well, it's been 14+ months since our last post and A LOT has changed since we sold Virginia Dare (now named Estelle in Holland, Michigan).  We've settled back down in northern Michigan and have mostly readjusted to land-based life.  However, David bought an S2 6.7 after college and will never part with it (yay!).  So, he's been sprucing her up for the past several weeks and she splashed down this morning!

My standing Wednesday night date is with knitting friends and I hate to miss it, but I bagged out to bake David's birthday cake tonight.  But along came an even better offer.......to take advantage of this picture perfect weather and take her for the first sail of the season.  So off we went.  I'll keep the prose short and share pictures today.

Inland Seas traditionally-rigged tall ship schooner

Heading north out of Suttons Bay on a gorgeous evening

Cap'n Crunch :)

Dave took a break from working on his boat to join us.

Couldn't have asked for better weather

The sail loft accidentally sewed closed (!) the batten pockets on our new mainsail, so we hanked on the old.

:)

Summer Solstice 2017
(as I write at this post at 10:30 pm, the sky is still pale blue in this northern latitude)

One happy guy!

Another happy guy!

Beautiful evening

Nice breeze

Thank you, Mother Nature, for the gift of today.