This last Sunday was another sorta gnarly day on Galveston Bay, kinda,...........no sun, confused chop.........chilling wind at 10-15 coming from the direction that we want to go......onna boat that specializes in "aft of the beam sailing"...but it was really a great day........why?......three generations of my family are here....sailing together......me.......my lovely pregnant daughter.....her totally devoted , great guy husband, AND my 2 year old grand daughter sitting in my lap and holding the tiller in her tiny hand for the first time in her little life....single reef in the main to keep the heeling down....the big genny out to only about 110....a little weather helm.....her little hand holding the tilller...no help from me here -it was hers...a sudden little gust...the tiller jumped...and you know what???? she instinctly knew what to do.....no fabrication here, my friends...we couldn't believe it!!...there she is ...a two year old little soul playing the gusts....OK two puffs but she is only two.....You've got a happy man right here....
"Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music"
-Ronald Reagan
Take care my friends, be well, be happy, be safe....................
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