Today was finally Gaby's turn to spend the night on the boat. She asked if she could bring a couple of her friends for the day instead so Carla and Maria joined us. Maria had been on a boat, even a sailboat, before, but Carla hadn't.
The forecast called for the temperature to be around 72 and wind building throughout the afternoon so we left around 10:00 AM. We got to the lake around 11:00; I forgot the permit was in the truck so we had to pay to park. Ooops!
We sailed for a while, with reefted main and blade until the wind died. So, we had a bit of lunch, then the girls wanted to swim. I hove to and Deborah, Gaby and Maria took turns swimming off the ladder. Eventually the wind seemed to come back up so we sailed a bit more . . . until it died again. I fired up the iron genny and the girls took turns steering the boat.
Since they wanted to swim some more, but not in the middle of the lake, we worked our way back to Richardson. My idea was to pull up at the day use pier, but not knowing how deep the water is, I decided to anchor off the swimming area instead.
The girls spent over an hour swimming and jumping off the boat while Deborah played lifeguard and in-the-water photographer.
We finally coaxed them out of the water at 3:30 and were on the road home by 4:30. Seems like they all had fun, and Gaby's happy, so a good day on the water.
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