Test Sail

Sari Timur has been sitting a while so we wanted her to get some exercise before our great leap next month.  So Thursday we snuck out of the Harbor of Refuge with high tide and picked up a mooring at the yacht club.  Friday morning we picked up a friend and headed out for a sail south to Sella Bay.  The winds were pretty strong gusting up to almost 30 knots but the seas were down so definitely a good time to test the sails even if they were reefed a bit.  We made a quick trip down and the only failure was a staysail halyard coming unspliced.  We had been warned the mooring at Sella was suspect so check it before heading ashore.  I donned a snorkel and mask and did indeed see the rope was suspect but the hardware looked good.  So we ran a long safety line down and back up.  Not a great idea but a good way to recover the line when we left after an overnight.  I even brought up a starfish to show the crew.  He was hanging out right near the mooring.  Then after a late lunch we were off to see the bridge which was built by the Spanish over 300 years ago.  While taking pictures Sari Timur felt she wanted to sail some more and we sat on the beach a little shocked to see she had parted both lines and was heading off without us.  Remember I said it was gusting up to 30!  Anyway we managed to catch back up with her before any harm.  And hoisted sails deciding maybe a mooring back in the HoR was more conducive for a good night's sleep.  And we had a fast sail back.  So we covered all the ground we had planned we just did it in half the time!

One of our ancestors?

Old Spanish Stone Oven

Old Spanish Bridge