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Joyce and I have only been members at the club for two years and when we purchased Rose Lee and joined the club we didn't know anyone. Jim and Freda MacDonald were some of the first members to welcome us aboard and make us feel like family, Jim has been a great friend with lots of support and advice ever since. Jim is also a Catalina owner and we have talked about getting out for a sail either on his boat or ours for quite a while but it just never came together until today. Jim met me at the dock around 1300 and we took our dinghy out to Rose Lee. Jim dropped the mooring while I got Rose Lee under way and started out of the cove. I offered up the helm to Jim and I was happy to crew for the day. The wind was forecast out of the SW but in reality was out of the N-NE at about 10-15. Jim had Rose Lee into her groove and we were slipping along at 7+ in warm air and pretty clear skies except for that one big dark cloud:) We made our way to the East end of the basin before Jim turned and started his down wind run for the bridges. At this point a few rain drops started to fall and quickly increased to a nice sun shower, its great to have a bimini:). By the time we had passed under the Bridge the rain had stopped and we were back into a beautiful sunny after noon again. We had a very relaxing sail along the waterfront and it was great to catch up with Jim, I have always found that a boat is a great place to have a conversation (no distractions and very relaxing). We passed Georges Island to starboard and quickly sailed out of our breeze. The next little while was spent drifting, chatting, and whistling for wind and about an hour later we were ghosting along again. Jim soon had Rose Lee romping along in a fresh breeze and we started our beat to windward. Wow he is some smooth on the wheel with a light touch and perfectly timed tacks to allow me time to sheet the genoa, sweet. Jim decided to motor sail under the bridges with the upwind leg and short tacking against the tide it was a great call and made it easy on the crew:) After clearing the second bridge we unfurled the genoa and Rose Lee was back to doing what she does best. We sailed across to the SE side of the basin to the diving barge before Jim tacked and got us onto a nice beam reach for home. It was almost sad to have to start the motor and furl the sails, what a nice afternoon. Jim brought Rose Lee back to her mooring and I snagged it on snagged it, a perfect ending to a perfect sail. It seems like summer has finally arrived in Nova Scotia, better late than never.
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