The Right Stuff At Last

At Lake
44 32.18 N 073 21.80 W

John and Paul are indeed very lucky. Today is a spendid sailing day. Sunny. Warm. Winds south at 15 knots. Just ideal. It is only the second such day of the entire summer season so far. Tomorrow, we are forecast to have storms and gale fore winds at 40 knots.

My son John has been sailing with me for more than 30 years, so he's an experienced sailor. Paul, on the other hand, is a novice. One can't find a better day to introduce a novice to sailing.

We sailed from Valcour Island down to Schuyler Island. We dropped the hook and ate lunch at Schuyler. After that, all of us enjoyed a short nap. It felt great. Now, we're heading downwind. We're taking our time and have no goal in mind other than to meet up with Libby at 6 oclock.

Oh, by the way, last night it was very clear. The nearly full moon rose as a beautiful orange sphere. Around 10:30, we got to see the Space Station fly over again. This time, we could see it through the entire sky. We used Paul's night vision scope to look at it. With that, one could almost make out the solar panels on the space station. It was spectacular. I think that tonight, Libby and I might get to see it again.

I think that these two soldiers that I have on board are beginning to think that a cruising life might not be so bad after all.