Jo and I went down to Meinke’s on Friday night. We checked out my wiring job (all the lights work correctly!) and sacked out on board.

This morning (Saturday) we got up, made breakfast, and motored out onto Lake Erie and hoisted sail. We were able to do all the things we tried. Neat-O!

We sailed up wind, we tacked back and forth on a beat, we sailed on a broad reach, we dropped the main and sailed some more, we put the main back up (with a reef), we sailed down wind (wing-and-wing, even, for a bit), we found the marina again, and we were able to dock! With a minimum of either drama or comedy, even.

There is a steep learning curve, what as the Centennial is not a member of the Tupperware™ Fleet, but we’re good enough at it already to, oh, escape from zombies anyway.

Good times. In my circle, we observe ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day’ a little differently.

More pics here (from my camera) and here (Jo’s iPhone pics).