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So, instead of trying to tackle various projects yesterday, I looked at
scrottie and asked, "So, do you still want to go sailing today?" (he had mentioned on Saturday that if the gusty wind held up through Sunday he would probably ask my cousin A if she'd be interested in sailing).
It took us a little while to get gear assembled/etc, including an extra trip to a big-box sporting goods store for another lifejacket. But eventually we got situated and then headed down to a park just south of town called Hudson Park, which has a boat ramp and slightly fewer bridges in the immediate vicinity (the railroad bridge near the boathouse is just slightly too short for comfort, plus the terrain near the boathouse is narrower and more sheltered).
Thirty-eight degree water is cold. My feet felt like they'd been transformed into bags of ice cubes that sloshed around a bit with every step I took. I was glad to have re-read the brochure with the lifejacket that talked about assuming the HELP position in cold water to prevent death by hypothermia. (sorry, Mom, this is not pleasant reading material)
After we'd been out for a bit, tacking back and forth, and had made it up the river past the boat ramp where we launched, S remarked, "I think we have too much sail out for these wind conditions and are overpowered. If we keep going like this we're just going to rip this sail to shreds. It would be useful to have some reef points." I readily agreed that it made sense to just head back to the boat ramp. The conditions on the river were way more squirrelly than that time we rented a boat from the Center for Wooden Boats, so much so that I was perfectly content to just be in charge of the jib.
It was good practice with the whole choreography for getting the boat in and out of the water, at least. I'd prefer to do it all in much warmer weather, though.
So I didn't get much else done yesterday.
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My laptop's behavior is also getting worse and worse. It's looking like it's time to take it in to a specialist. That makes me think - I should see what the IT guys here at work think. Trying to work on a computer that spontaneously shuts off usually doesn't go so well, anyway.
Thankfully, the work desktop is fine.
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Then we had an intense rowing erg workout this morning, the kind of workout that makes a person want to just curl up back in bed for the rest of the day.
Classes start up again next Tuesday. No rest for the wicked.
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It took us a little while to get gear assembled/etc, including an extra trip to a big-box sporting goods store for another lifejacket. But eventually we got situated and then headed down to a park just south of town called Hudson Park, which has a boat ramp and slightly fewer bridges in the immediate vicinity (the railroad bridge near the boathouse is just slightly too short for comfort, plus the terrain near the boathouse is narrower and more sheltered).
Thirty-eight degree water is cold. My feet felt like they'd been transformed into bags of ice cubes that sloshed around a bit with every step I took. I was glad to have re-read the brochure with the lifejacket that talked about assuming the HELP position in cold water to prevent death by hypothermia. (sorry, Mom, this is not pleasant reading material)
After we'd been out for a bit, tacking back and forth, and had made it up the river past the boat ramp where we launched, S remarked, "I think we have too much sail out for these wind conditions and are overpowered. If we keep going like this we're just going to rip this sail to shreds. It would be useful to have some reef points." I readily agreed that it made sense to just head back to the boat ramp. The conditions on the river were way more squirrelly than that time we rented a boat from the Center for Wooden Boats, so much so that I was perfectly content to just be in charge of the jib.
It was good practice with the whole choreography for getting the boat in and out of the water, at least. I'd prefer to do it all in much warmer weather, though.
So I didn't get much else done yesterday.
-
My laptop's behavior is also getting worse and worse. It's looking like it's time to take it in to a specialist. That makes me think - I should see what the IT guys here at work think. Trying to work on a computer that spontaneously shuts off usually doesn't go so well, anyway.
Thankfully, the work desktop is fine.
-
Then we had an intense rowing erg workout this morning, the kind of workout that makes a person want to just curl up back in bed for the rest of the day.
Classes start up again next Tuesday. No rest for the wicked.
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