New Sails, Taxes, Lost Phone

The new sails came in from Lee Sails on Saturday.  We had intended on going out to the Columbia and watching the opening day races, but the tax guy called.  We needed to rush over to his office to pick up the paper work before he left for the day so the sails sat in the cabin for the night.

The next morning I sent a text to Katie (our daughter) and Kevin (our friend) inviting them to go sailing with the new sails.   Kevin brought along Linda and Sarah for ride.  We spent about an hour putting on the new sails while the wind blew out of the north-east about 10-15 knots.  By the time we got the sails on and out in the river the wind dropped to nothing.  With the sails up we motored past Hayden Island eastward, to catch the end of the fleet finishing the opening day regatta. Turning off the motor there was no wind and we began to drift backwards.

Suddenly from behind us a front rushed in from the southwest blowing us eastward. The new 110 jib lifted the front of the boat as we hit 5.1knots heading up river on a reach. We ran with the wind until we passed the airport about 1/2 a mile from the 205 bridge.  We turned around because it was nearing 5:00pm.  As we turned another front came in on top of us creating winds over 20knots.  Kevin and Linda were up on the  foredeck trying to stow the new sail. I was afraid I'd loose them in the river from the gusts and the bucking on the boat.   Finally Kevin decided to tie down the jib and we'll stow it at the dock.

When we got to the docks, we pulled the jib off the boat to fold it on the deck.   While doing it, my iPhone 5 dropped from my pocket making a splash as it hit the water. Watching the silvery back sway back and forth as it descended 22 feet to the river's bottom, was hard to take.  Adding insult to injury Kevin pointed at the bubbles rising from the water stating, "I guess the fish are using your phone, there are bubble coming up."  Well that's where the great photo's are too, on the bottom.