8/9: Rhonda meet the Soling

Wanting to keep the flow going on my seamanship skills, and to give Rhonda a first taste of life with the tiller we headed out Sunday morning to get assigned a self-tacking Soling for a daysail in beautiful conditions. The winds in the innner harbor were a nice consistent 5-10 out of the south, and Rhonda really learned what the term heeling means! She's just a bit over 5' and there is little room for error when the Soling really lifts up. A few times she found herself suddenly sitting on the cockpit floor! We made a nice loop out through the small boat channel and back. Shot the mooring on one try this time, and started feeling better about my boat handling skills.