Long weekend. Took Touche' from its home slip in Mandeville, LA to Pensacola to get bottom paint and topsides touchup.
Friday - Mandeville to Gulfport uneventful Saturday - afternoon weather looked really nasty so we just moved a couple hours down the coast to Biloxi. Squall line hit us about 4 pm. Felt like 40+ knots. Boat heeled about 5 degrees in slip. Glad we weren't crossing Mobile Bay. Second squall line hit us about 4 am. Sunday - underway early to marina on ICW at Gulf Shores, AL. 66 nm in 9.5 hours. Monday - easy motor up "ditch" (ICW) to Pensacola Yacht Club. Anchored in Big Lagoon was this boat, S/V Seeker. It's a junk rigged boat. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Le3_Ue7BxFRxDTKPVv85RLvcW6ZC7Ome/view?usp=sharing More info can be found here: https://www.svseeker.com/wp/sv-seeker-2/sailboat/ and here: https://www.svseeker.com/wp/blog/ (Watch his video about halfway down the page. What a contrast! A junk rig and a foiling AC40) While crossing Pensacola Bay the New York Yacht Club's AC40 America's Cup boat was practicing. Wow! The acceleration and speed is incredible. They were gone down the bay in a flash. I took some video but I can't seem to get it to work in Google Drive. Hauled Touche' this morning and drove 4 hours home. Now the question. Why do I take Touche' 26 hours to get it painted? Answer - IMHO, the painter is way better than any in my area. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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