Freedom is on the hard for the winter :-[

With help from our friend Rich and all the guys at the club we got Freedom on the hard for the winter.  We pumped pink stuff all though her and put things up and in and out as needed.  Looks like we will sail her one more year before bringing her home for a refit.   May not post anything until spring but you never know.  Here are pics of lifting her and moving her, thanks to Sue.

Moving the cradle into place.

There that should work..

Ok, lets mover her to the lift.

Motoring to the lift.

Our turn for the lift.

Almost ready to lift.

Clean her bottom.

Clean some more.

Captain and first mate and a clean bottom.

Line her up.

One last look.

Now at rest for the long Winter.

Last time out this year for sure.

Moving along slowly, lots of time for pictures.

Whats this line for again?

Looking good.

Love to see the boats out even in real low winds.

Sweet.

Last sail of the year, Maybe.

We got out of work early and motored out past the rock and sailed back.  We use the Stars and Stripes spinnaker.  Never got over 1.0 knot.  Super nice evening...just no wind.

Sweet sailing.

Keep smiling.

Cheers

Stars & Stripes

Moving slowly.

Picture by Rich from Ginger of a great sail.ic

Gaining on Ginger.

Moving in for the kill :-) Sweet pic Rich.

Getting closer.

Just a great pic.

Another awesome pic of the sails.

Yes, the rail was in the water! Most awesome sail ever.

Awesome wind and warm air

Should have posted this pic.  Reefed the main and  only ran the yankee and did over 7 knots all the way to the dunes.

Two Super awesome sailing days

Sailing crew taking a break.

Rich was getting a kick out of sailing.

Sunset on The Rock.

Rich and Ralph sailing Ginger.

Sailing into port?

Enjoying a perfect day sailing.

Just a great pic of Ginger.

Color pic that looks black and white, sweet.

Rich and family.

Friends for life.

More new things, swimming, night sailing and docking.

Some drinking.

Some day sailing

Some racing.

Some swimming.

No one on the boat?

Some night sailing.  Sweet

High winds, new experiences learning things

We went out in high winds and tried a few things we have never done before.  We reefed the main and reef the front sail.  Good learning experience for all of us.  Tacked with the south wind to the Rock and just used the front sail and sailed down wind back to port.  Nice ride back.

High winds, Lots of tacking.

Reef the main and only let out half the Yankee, still did over 5 knots.

Did the same thing with our front sail on the way  back and did over 5 knots.

Made it to the rock and that is all today.

Wow,  finally got our Coast Guard Certificate of Documentation.  The Name is official: FREEDOM