s/v Monomoy's blog

This has been a fantastic sailing month! We departed the marina around 11am once we had enough water to float Monomoy. There was a Seismic Survey boat in the bayou. The bay quickly filled with other sailors. Scot in s/v Clara made it out on the bay. We were cruising. The wind started around 10 [...]

It was a sad day to learn of the passing of our good friend Sheri. Browsing back through our blog, you will probably note her in many posts. She was the mate to Captain Ken of s/v Private Stock. The two of them would often sail alongside of us on daysails and overnight cruises. Often [...]

For those who routinely read our blog you may have noted where during our Feb. 6 sail it was mentioned that our handheld VHF popped off and fell into the bay. The VHF was a $150 Standard Horizon brand and was just under a year old. We didn’t intend to mention what product it was [...]

The forecast was for a beautiful weekend and we didn’t want low tides to keep us at the dock, so we headed out Friday evening for Quietwater. Ken headed out around noon for Quietwater. Pogo watched the bow. Ben on the bow. Sailing along. Cocktail hour. The sun was quickly setting. One other sailboat under [...]

The tide was low on both Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 12-13), so we had to wait till around noon both days to get out of the slip, but it was worth it. We had intended to stay on the hook overnight Saturday night, but the overnight temps were predicted to be in the 30s, so [...]

Feb. 6, 2011 was a beautiful sailing day. It started a little cool in the morning, but nothing a jacket couldn’t handle. The wind settled down to around 3 knots, which allowed the temp to feel much warmer in the sun. Our high temp reached about 60 degrees, but in 2-3 knots of wind, it [...]