Foreign Affair Sailing

We ended the week with another fine day on Ahhh Rested  tubing and swimming with family and friends on Lake Perry.  Eric and Kelly have been getting out at least twice a week since they launched in early May.  Eric's schedule allows for an early start to the weekend and they are usually on the lake by 4 which puts them just ahead of the weekend boaters.  They have identified several choice spots for swimming.  Eric has enough experience with the boat now and can give the kids a thrill ride on the tube as he twists and turns Ahhh Rested to create wakes and whip the tube to everyone's delight.  Kelly has mastered the task of getting the boat into the slip and the boat lift really makes it nice when we have to clean the hull.  Too bad we will be traveling the remainder of the summer and miss out on these great family fun days.

Dwayne spent two days on Lake Jacomo with other members of the Jacomo Sailing Club taking kids participating in the Jackson County summer camp program out for a sail.  JSC has partnered with the park system in this program.  Over 70 kids were able to hoist and trim sails, as well as, take a turn at the helm of one of the six cruising boats skippered by members of the JSC.  The weather was almost perfect for this outing.  Winds were in the 8 - 12 mph range with gusts up to 15.  Some dark clouds threatened rain; however, the sailing for the day was finished before the drops began to fall.  Dwayne and the JSC Commodore, John had to wait until a brief but severe storm passed before being able to move their boat from Sailboat Cove to the South Marina.  Dwayne is looking forward to helping with the youth program and becoming more active with the club now that we are spending more time at home in Kansas and Missouri.  It was exciting to see how the club has grown during the three years while we were actively cruising aboard Foreign Affair.