Michelle Wynkoop

What an incredible afternoon on the water! Sunny, a perfect 70-degree temp, and the gorgeous view upriver of Mount Hood. Not to mention wind at roughly 10 gusting to 20+ knots, changing direction and speed about every 30 seconds. So much fun, including some wonderful heels and tacking back with a partially-furled jib to mitigate some of the heavier gusts. Thank you so much, Leticia, Michelle, and Julie, for including me today! Now I shall sleep for approximately a day and a half.

When we were getting ready to take out a new Island Sailing Club boat, we had an unplanned lesson on batteries, fortunately before we left the dock. Out on the river, it was more wing-on-wing action to go with the winged keel on Leucothea, as we maneuvered around a huge barge. It was a great day to be out, despite the additional excitement (??) of my phone slipping overboard— a first for me, hopefully the last (knock on teak). Hence this semi-accurate manual entry— I was the one recording our sail.

Wind 8-10 mph NW, sunny 85 F.