Trip to Sassy Marina, Algonac, MI 2016

September 16, 2016 - We left our homeport of Sandusky, OH on Friday afternoon, headed for our last stop of the summer at Put-in-Bay before continuing north up to Sassy Marina for our winter haul-out.  It was a beautiful evening and we all had big smiles on our faces.  Shortly after getting out on the lake, a rum storm moved in and didn't let up until after midnight.  A good time was had by all!
Saturday was windy and gray but fairly warm with winds at 8-10 knots out of the south to south-east, perfect for sailing across Lake Erie.  By the time we made it to the mouth of the Detroit River, the wind had built to 20 knots and the waves were stacking up.  For the first time in 10 years of winter storage at Sassy Marina, we were able to sail up the Detroit River.  It was awesome!  We made it to Bayview Yacht Club that evening and enjoyed a good dinner and drinks on the lawn afterwards.  Sunday was beautiful and sunny but the wind had died down quite a bit.  We were able to sail across Lake St. Clair and took the jib down and put away for the winter once we got in the St. Clair River.  We really appreciated the extra hands as we finished the preparations for taking the mast down and storing the boat for the winter.  It was another great trip up to Algonac, Michigan.

Check out my first edited video.  It's a little rough but not too bad for a beginner.  I hope you like it!

Link - Trip to Sassy 2016

Joli Double-Headsail Reach, August 2016

We had a great weekend at Put-in-Bay with our son A.J. and even hoisted our collegiate flags while on the mooring ball.  When we were getting ready to sail home on Sunday morning, it was pretty windy, so we hanked the small jib on the inner forestay.  By the time we got out past Ballast Island, the wind had died enough that the small jib just wasn't enough sail.  Joli felt sluggish!  We unrolled the #3 jib on the forestay and along with the smaller inner forestay jib, we had a nice, brisk sail!  We're passing Kelley's Island in the video (see link below).

University of Toledo for Polly & Bryan, Miami (of Ohio) University for Lorraine (undergraduate) & Kevin, University of Cincinnati for A.J. and Columbia University for Lorraine's Masters in Journalism

Link - Double-headsail Reach

Lake Erie Afternoon Sail, August 2016

It was a day of "perfect timing".  When we left our dock, H51 at Sandusky Yacht Club, there was not much wind.  Some long-time sailing friends who used to race their Paceship 26 in Sandusky and now lived in Florida were visiting us for the weekend.  We were hoping to have a nice sail, so in spite of the lack of wind, we decided to head out.  As we motored out the channel across Sandusky Bay, a little bit of breeze started to stir up and we hoisted the mainsail.  By the time we reached the Lake, the breeze had filled in and we unrolled the jib to reach east towards Huron.  The wind had picked up to about 10 - 12 knots and we had a beautiful sail for about 45 minutes.  The wind started to die down so we tacked around and had a great lunch of pulled pork sandwiches, courtesy of my sister.  Just as we finished lunch, the wind picked up again and we had a great sail back in.
See a short video of our sail here: Lake Erie Sail on Joli