Northeast Passage

Ship's log, supplemental: The return of near-normal levels to Lake Lanier -- which had been down 20 feet at the worst of a three-year drought -- and favorable southwesterlies allowed Bumbo to make a passage rarely accomplished under sail. With George at the helm and Matt spotting from the bow, Bumbo sailed behind Three Sisters Island, off the northern shore of the lake, and out into the Chattahoochee Bay area. Bumbo is nothing if not a bold explorer.

Ships log: Blood on the decks!

Matt smashing his finger dorking with the outboard did not presage the excellent day sailing we had after he numbed the pain with some ice on the finger and Fat Tire in the gullet. We rigged a new method of hoisting the repaired Dobbshead (although it doesn't look like it, this is the flag). The blood on the deck was sacrifice enough for old Neptune, and he shared a great day with us. Freshening winds saw us reef the genny. The reef helped, but we could have profitably set the working jib at one point, but we thought that heaving to to muck about with a sail change might interfere with the enjoyment of our Dark and Stormys... Their enjoyment was enhanced by an encounter with the beautiful cutter Wraith. The Westerlies that had feted us all day were still worthy of the reef after 5, but we forced ourselves to head back to the slip. We matched our motorless sail out of the slip with a sail-in around 7. What a glorious day aboard Bumbo!