Sailing Vacations
A Maine Windjammer

Good morning everyone. Fullnesss.... that just about describes our live these days. We are pretty darned lucky to be out here sailing among the islands, enjoying lots of warm sunshine with occasional rain to keep things from getting too parched. This week is our annual Wooden Boat School course where participants get to play deckhand, learning some new skills and practicing the art of life as a crew member aboard a sailing vessel. I kinda like that image of "practicing the art of life". The full moon rose over the tree tops last night. And just at sunrise she was dipping along the western tree line. Sunrise was elegant and warm. As Jim Dugan says don't just look at the actual event but notice how things are reacting. Even a blackened charley noble seems to glow with the help of a wooden deck keg. Yesterday the wind came strong northwest as it tends to do this time of year as cool air begins to filter down from Canada. We sailed over 50 miles averaging 6.3 knots the whole...