The Sand Box AKA St John's river

This is a great place to fluff around in and try different setups. I went out today again for about 3 hours, just sailing and practicing different setups in very light winds.

The boat just has a simple reefing system and here is the main sail with  2 reefs in it.

Add a staysail.

And a drifter.  All I was using was a couple of bungy cords to steer the boat.

All the time keeping an eye out for these dreaded crab pots.

I have a couple of navigation programs. One is called MX mariner that I run on a nexus 7 mounted by a RAM mount in the companionway.

And you can see just behind it a 10" Ubuntu Netbook computer sipping power and running OpenCPN with a GPS puck.

I have the latest NOAA charts loaded on both.

Right now I am working on installing another bilge pump. We found out that the boat next to me that nearly sank on Friday was struck by lightning.