August 8, 2007
(a recap of our landing…) We made our approach heading toward the public docks. Our plan was to “buzz” the docks to see where the best place to land was. Tink spotted a nice spot on the upriver-inside dock so we spun around and came in slow. We powered down the motor and got the [...]
August 7, 2007
Sailing smoothly with the motor on towards St. Helens. The wind blew softly over our faces and all seemed fine. It was coming close to 3:30pm, but we didn’t have time on our minds. The wind kicked up in its usual afternoon gusts… this opened the river for some sailing opportunity. Tink wanted to raise [...]
August 6, 2007
The account of my sailing adventure to St. Helens & back. My dream for independent sailing was to be able to tackle the mighty Columbia via sail power and to learn the art of motor sailing. This boat our family bought is great for both, but being a “hand-me-down” from several owners and having been [...]