The lonesome, everyone is at work sail…

Kari Elizabeth Cooke

Great conditions for a solo sail. I’m used to so much activity and I think I’ve only gone out a few times alone on the J/7, so I wanted more to do. Took out the jib, but then felt a little uncomfortable with gusts, so I furled it up and then soon after, reefed the jib and I was happy with that. I’m getting better with docking and grabbing a mooring, but I don’t feel confident to do it on my own yet (like I did with the J/22s); maybe next year. I had a staff person catch me at the dock. It was a bit puffy and variable and I managed to come in okay. It’s easy to come in hot with these heavier boats. I’ve gotten used to Steve N. onboard and with our timing and everything too. The J/7 is a completely different boat than the J/22. I miss the J/22s in a lot of ways while I solo sailed…Next year, I’ll attempt to dock and grab a mooring by myself on these guys. Oh and a power boat went by super fast north of Castle Hill and I headed up quickly for control, but the wave made the biggest overhead splash. I think they wanted to intimate me, but I was laughing and having fun with that. I thought that was pretty cool. But yeah, literally, they didn’t have to go that close and fast…purposely making huge waves on my starboard side, it seemed…or just negligence.