March 4 - pencil and paddle

Trip dates: 
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Kayak/canoe/rowboat

I loved building the i550 and I had a bunch of great sails on it.  But I can't believe I passed 17 years without having a boat upon which I could sit comfortably below, eat lunch and maybe even take a nap or overnight if I wanted. 

I think I spent perhaps 3 or 4 nights sleeping aboard the i550 and it was marginal. And not afloat, unless you count a floating dock as "afloat."

But having a boat with furniture below and an actual keel and all the stuff that's needed to venture out and keep the rig pointed at the sky means: lists.  Lists on keelboats only persist, they never completely disappear. Soon as you whittle something off one end, something else pops up on the other. I sat below and worked on mine. 

It was 64 degrees in the cabin and that was excellent.

Lots of ducks, (ruddies) and geese, but still zero osprey.