It looks like the high temp here today was 46 degrees. So what better to do? We went sailing!
Our friend Wayne, who lives aboard a really sweet German 1950's steel hull sailboat, decided to come along with, so we dropped Willie off with some neighbors and shoved off for a couple hours. It was blowing about 20 kts and gusting up at 30 or so. FUN. Cold yes, but fun.
The best part was that while we were heeled with the rails just about in the water Wayne went forward to mess with the reefing lines. He was standing on the toe rail and messing about with the winches which were then above his head. He looks down at his feet, looks back at me behind the helm and jokingly yells, "Don't get my feet wet!" It was almost instantaneous that as he looked back toward the winches a huge wave crashed over the bow and completely drenched him from head to toe. Haha, it was great. Sarcasm and Poseidon do not get along.
On a less fun note, Wayne also managed to drop a winch handle into the water. Haha, he really is a good sailor-- not meaning to bash him, but it was a funny excursion.
Bottom line is: we got one more sail in. That will almost certainly be the last of the year.
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Oh yeah been a while, how is the airhead working out?
thanks
deryk
The airhead went on our last boat, the Carver 33. Sadly, we didn't get to use it very long before we bought Madrigal and moved on.
In the short while that we used it, it was ok, but not fabulous. The solids tank stayed a bit too... um... moist, for our liking. I think the problem was that the toilet in the Carver sits just about centerline and the exhaust hose was too long. I was going to upgrade the exhaust fan and I think it would have worked much better.
My overall impression is that it is a really cool system, but you certainly have to tweak it to your own needs. If I ever have a boat with two heads I would like one of them to be an airhead and the other to be a more standard head. Best of both worlds and don't have to depend on either system.
-Justin
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