The Sail Home

After buying Bamboo on September 12, 2006, It was time to take a trip to Melbourne, FL and sail her home to Daytona.

The weather was good, winds from the south (at our back) at 10 to 15 and although it's early in the trip I already thought I had died and gone to heaven. Sugar seems to be thinking the same thing!	Brought my buddy Marty to help me. It was his first time sailing a boat but he did really well.
It was an uneventful sail. And what I mean is nothing went wrong. We had a 10 to 15 at our back with a moderate chop on the Intercoastal and a sunny warm day to sail by.	My 58 lb. Golden "Sugar" has been on a lot of small power boats and took to Bamboo immediately. The sea legs did take a bit longer for her to develop but now is able to walk the rail to the front deck and go below without a problem.
Had to Raise the bridge at Titusville. I enjoy all the newer 65 ft. fixed bridges and the ease of passage, but still fun to make the folks wait every now and then!	We sailed by NASA's V.A.B. (Vertical Assembly Building) at the Kennedy Space Center. Always fun to see. What a HUGE structure! It's really a privilege to live close (Daytona is about 50 miles north) enough to see all the launches. You should have seen the Apollo's go up!