Working out the rigging.

Strong kids can be quite useful!

That's much better than paddling.

A break for refreshment on the south shore of Yellow Creek Lake.

Heading out in the PhDabbler. You can see that the dagger-board and rudder still need to be finished.  For future reference, sealing the edges with yellow duct tape looks cute but doesn't hold up very well.

G Smith and Ken Sherwood playing follow-the-leader, or maybe waiting out a lull in the wind.

G. Smith, first-time sailor, practices upwind sailing.  Note colorful paint job Amanda created for "A Foat Under the Boat." Young son Griffin was aboard later in the day once Dad got the hang of things. 

John Bridges, who has built many larger and finer boats, enjoys the simple pleasure of a PDR.

Ben works on getting the rudder attached; not an easy one-man job when the wind starts to blow your boat way.

Radeau heads out toward the north shore.  Lookout kayakers.

The Cope's take to the water.  

Clara and Lili show that you're never too young to sail.  This is a wooden optimist, designed in 1947 by Clark Mills.  Is it faster or slower than a PDRacer? We're not sure, but Clara does a pretty good job of keeping up!

Friends Malcolm and Liz haven't had their own sailboat for a few years. John brought this Weekend Skiff out for show-and-tell.  It's the product of an MSC project from the 1990s.  The boomless lug-sail keeps you safe from being clunked on the head.  It should row well too.  She went home with her new owners at the end of the day.