Rose Lee was now in her winter slip (our club brings in all the boats that are on moorings after a certain date so that they can service & winterize the mooring field). I gave Josh a breif tour and then we cast off our lines and made Rose Lee ready for sailing. I tidied up the lines and pulled up the fenders while Josh guided us out, and it wasn’t top long before we had the sails unfurled and were leaning into a fresh breeze. Josh was at the helm as we rounded Navy Island and I could see some nice puffs crossing the basin towards us so I decided to go below and put a few things awayJ I could hear Josh shouting Dad! Dad! As Rose Lee started to heel 20 degrees when the 1st good puff hit her. I came up to see Josh with a big smile having a great time anticipating each puff, it’s amazing how quickly Josh got back into the sailing groove.
Josh and I had a great day together sailing and chatting and letting the world go by without us for a little while. We eventually decided to turn after reaching Chebucto Head and began making our way back home. Josh was still at the helm when we spotted a few other sailboats ahead of us, Josh turned to me and said “Hey Dad what are we supposed to do about these guys?” Well we are supposed to kick their buts, you steer and I’ll trim, let’s get this baby moving. And the race was on, we coasted by pretty much everyone we saw, sweet! Josh was fantastic on the helm adjusting for trim and breeze whenever it was needed, nice. We made it back into the slip without incident and Joyce was there to greet us and give us a hand docking. What another great summer memory spending the day sailing with Josh, awesome!