Day 14 - Flying Along

Looks like we may have our first 200-mile day. The wind is up to 20 knots, good thing we are just going down wind.

Lost another lure today. The snap for that hooks the lure to the leader just straightened out. Part of the problem is that we are going about 8 knots. Even a small fish puts up a huge amount of force.

So little Valiant learned to walk on the boat, and has no issue walking around as the boat moves under him.  As he drinks water in the kitchen, he casually braces himself against the stove, and his two chubby hands gently hold the cup, as the whole world around him sways and rolls to the waves and wind.

We have taken some extra ropes and tied them to the spinnaker and various parts of the boat. Now the children grab onto these ropes and ride them up and around as the spinnaker fills with wind, and the boat rolls with the waves. It provides hours of fun, and miles of smiles. The hilarity factor is also quite high, as nobody really knows when the ropes will tighten and lift you up! Integrity is of course the craziest spinnaker flier of them all. We think he gets it from Vision.

Courage