Weekend adventures

Sailing in my family is an obsession and usually a bit of a disaster. There are few sailing trips we’ve completed without a comical running aground, shipwreck or dingy-destruction episode. So when things were going too well on our cruise around Morro Bay last weekend, we decided to raise the sails and give it a go. But of course, the rope got stuck at the top of the mast and we weren’t able to sail anywhere!

The result? Yours truly up hauled herself up the mast with an elaborate rope and harness system in order to retrieve the rope….barefoot. Rob tells me this fancy maneuver is called “prusiking.” All this provided entertainment for the sunset patrons of a popular harbor-side seafood restaurant.

Now if it had only involved the coast guard, being soaking wet and an hour of delay, it would have been a true family affair! At least I was wearing my cute jeans and green wool blazer for this latest nautical adventure.