3SUM with Lisa and Lisa

Lisa, that be my wifey, facebooked our old Nowthen neighbor who now lives in Largo, FL to see if she wanted to take a shot at sailing. She said yes and showed up as we pulled up to the pier. We loaded everything up and headed out without nary a problem. We had about 12 knots top wind, otherwise, we just did slightly more than bobbed and caught up with all the social activities back in Nowthen.

We headed back and even with the extra docking help, I managed to pilot into our slip like a drunken elephant. I wish our finger pier was a little longer than 2 feet. Whoever designed these docks definitely never had a boat. These are pretty lame affairs and our light boat is a pain to come into the slip. We need some ideas for coming in better.

Besides the bad docking on my part, I think "a good time was had by all."

Lisa S. on 3SUM

Our BFFFN (Best Friend from Nowthen) Lisa S. showing her thrill on being with us on 3SUM. 

My New Book Cover - Now I just have to think of a story to write

I think this book is probably going to be one of the best books I haven't written just by judging the cover!

Hurricane Categories

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
Category	Wind speeds
Five	≥70 m/s ≥137 kts ≥157 mph ≥252 km/h
Four	58-70 m/s 113–136 kts 130–156 mph 209–251 km/h
Three	50-58 m/s 96–112 kts 111–129 mph 178–208 km/h
Two	43-49 m/s 83–95 kts 96–110 mph 154–177 km/h
One	33-42 m/s 64–82 kts 74–95 mph 119–153 km/h
Additional classifications
Tropical storm	18-32 m/s 35–63 kts 39–73 mph 63–118 km/h
Tropical depression	<17 m/s <34 kts <38 mph <62 km/h

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Three Hulls on the Road Page 2 | Sail Magazine

Three Hulls on the Road Page 2 | Sail Magazine

3SUM with her shiny new bottom painted

3SUM had her bottom painted and is looking pretty good. Lisa was taking the pictures as I motored over to pick her up at the fuel dock. I wish people would just get their gas and go, instead of having a picnic in front of the fuel dock. Lisa had to make quite a jump to get into the boat. We went out and had little to no wind, but 3SUMs new bottom really sped things along.

Drumbeat II

3SUM IS Getting her bottom scraped

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kicking back on 3SUM

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morning in st pete

We finlly found time to stay overnight on the boat. Beautiful morning.

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absolutely. no wind

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Gull Lake Yacht Club seeks to keep sailing tradition alive | BrainerdDispatch.com | Brainerd, Minnesota

Gull Lake Yacht Club seeks to keep sailing tradition alive | BrainerdDispatch.com | Brainerd, Minnesota

Regata del Sol al Sol

Regata del Sol al Sol

Yeah, this is definitely cool. I wish we would have known about this because it would have been great to go out into the bay and watch them take off. Maybe have 3Sum dog them for awhile.

Today's sail

This big old plane buzzed us on the way to MacDill AFB. 

This knucklehead in a big powerboat with his girlfriend he was trying to impress came right at our bow and at the last minute, veered and roared away. Tampa Bay is pretty big so he had plenty of room to avoid us. What a knob. 

Not a good deal of wind. Stayed around 5-8 k. We managed to snag a crabpot and that was the big excitement. We finally added the right shackle to the mainsail and had much better sailshape. Probably are going to need to get the hull cleaned as it was pretty filthy with marine growth.

Regata del Sol al Sol | Cruising World

Sailing to the Sun in the Regata del Sol al Sol

Join CW editor Mark Pillsbury as he sails from St. Pete, Florida, to Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

by Jen Brett

The Regata del Sol al Sol starts today from Florida's Tampa Bay and heads to Isla Mujeres, off of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, 456 miles away. Not one to sit behind his desk for long periods of time, CW editor Mark Pillsbury will be sailing aboard the Beneteau Sense 50Happily Ever After. Follow along athttp://www.regatadelsolalsol.org/index.php/satellite-tracking.html

Regata del Sol al Sol | Cruising World