Someday Our Prints Will Come Or We finally have pictures posted

We are starting to work on the details for our 2007 sailing season. One of those details is getting the pictures from previous years posted.

From 2004

Here are two of my favorites from 2004, our first season sailing with Fiddler. Dave and I taking our turns at the helm.

We spent that first summer mostly in and around Rockland, focusing on getting to know the boat and her systems. The difference in handling between a fin keel and a full keel takes some getting used to. As a full keel vessel of heavy design, Fiddler is stately in her turns. A big difference from the J22 s we learned our basic sailing on.

We have been to Camden several times, both by boat and by car. The first time we were aboard the Second Wind, a charter boat serving as a classroom for our Bareboat Chartering course in September 2001.

One of Dave's favorite pictures from 2004 is of me smoking my church warden pipe sitting on our boat in the inner harbor. We were tied up right down along the edge of the channel where we watched all the schooners pass by with their loads of tourists.

Two of the schooners had signal flags raised. One set said "beer30," the other "prey." We talked to one of the captains who said we were probably one of a handful of people in the harbor who could even read the flags.

From 2006

The schooner Olad sails out of Camden on short harbor tours. She has an unusual cockpit. Olad was one of the vessels we watched as the crew worked to get her ready for the season.

The other photo from 2006 that I wanted to be sure to post was one of Fiddler with her new eyes. We thought she should have eyes to see where she is going.