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With Dave, Lynne, Mike for the Parade of Lights! Anchored and ate a delish dinner on board.

Goal of the day was to practice Mooring. we sailed about an hour in very light wind. motored to mooring field where we took turns approaching mooring balls and securing to mooring balls. Ate lunch moored. motored back. John drove back under power and parked Skywalker with true professionalism. Day of learning

At the dock, executed training for spinnaker hoist jibe and douse. On the water, - practiced helming upwind and downwind under main only to train helm and mainsail trimmed. - successfully launched kite and performed three jibes - had issues raising headsail in preparation for douse. Doused with jib halfway raised. - cleaned everything up, untangled lines and rehoisted jib without issue. - then jib halyard broke free on our last tack and skyed. - safely motored back into slip - retrieved and stowed halyard

E, 6 - 8 then 10 or so after 15:00. All sails.