Day One
A five year dream coming to fruition!
The 2022 Lake Erie Solo Challenge started at 10:00am on Saturday, August 13th. It was a flat light wind day, a nice downwind sail.
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Each Day of Sailing
"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did"~ this quote reminds me of preparing for this challenge * ~ Amy
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Day Two
The first sunrise!
Sunday was a great day of sailing, eating, and sleeping! My wishes for wind were about to be answered!
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Day Three
A windy Monday!
The wind greatly increased during the night, sometime before 6:30am I tacked North toward Port Burwell.
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Day Four
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Passing Long's Point somewhere around 1:30am, the sailing was fast, and the night was beautiful! The clouds cleared, and it was moonlit sailing!
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Day Five
Wind no wind.
With hardly any wind and just ghosting silently along, I rounded the mark at 1:10am!
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Day Six
I Finished! Bucket List Item ✔
On August 18, by 12:50am I was tacking back and forth towards Erie! It was the FINAL day and the day of a hundred tacks! (or so it seemed)
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Conclusion
My Thoughts.
I'm in the Mafia now, or so I'm told.
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*quote credit: Newt Gingrich