The day was a forecasted to be a wind and stormy day. But it turned out to be fair. That Saturday was the Blessing of the Boats and after that we participated in a race hosted by the Corinthian Sailing Club. Below are some pictures thanks mostly to Cap'n Ron's son Greg.
Also below is the GPS account of the race from the mighty sailing vessel "Fast Idle." After the race the Alley J lost control of her rudder and thanks to the help of two other boats, she was towed back to her berth.
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The trip across the lake was great. We set off about 9am in the thick fog and met outside of the opening of the harbor. We then sail across the lake in the thickest fog we ever sailed in. We had to stay within a 100 feet of each other or we would loose sight of our boats. It was about 10mph winds we did not clear the fog until about 3:00 pm. We then tried to sail in but the wind changed and we had to tack in. It was slow because the wind died to nothing and then we motored to shore. We docked at Landry’s Sea Food and rested. We ate there and watched TV afterwards on the boat. We then crossed the canal and docked at a nice powered wharf . We just could not plug in. All connections were 50amp 220 connections. So if you take a trip and want to connect, that is what you will need.
The next day had more fog. We sailed across in about 5 hours. The fog did not clear until 3 miles from shore.
Jan 6. The trip was great. The winds were in our favor both ways. On Saturday the winds were out of the East and we made the bridge in just under 2 hours. After passing the bridge it was a sweet sail to Madisonville. We sailed all the way to the bridge and docked at the local peer. The winds died to nothing that night which made for a peaceful night. The sail back was slower that getting here. I we averaged about 3 to 4 mph to the bridge. But once past we had a good SE wind that got us home in about 2 hours. · Yellow is the going to the Tchefuncta.· Red it the return to Mandeville.
