We decided to go all out and have a private party for Further's last night in Chicago and to celebrate our successful first season with a boat this past weekend! We took her out for a beautiful night sail and celebrated with some fancy (well, not too fancy) bubbly! As you can see, our last night was filled with fun and laughter!
The following morning we shoved off after breakfast and headed out for our final sail of the season. We were prepared for anything since it was October and our first sail down was bone chilling cold. Let me tell you from experience; five hours is a VERY long time to be cold. Well, this day was the complete opposite, the weather could not have been more perfect. The sun was out, there was not a cloud in the sky and it was almost 80 degrees out on the water!!! Beautiful, just beautiful and perfect! The winds were coming from the south, directly behind us, so we were feeling a bit adventurous and decided to try to use our pole for the first time. Well, I'm happy to report we were it was a successful first attempt! Hopefully we will remember what we did so we can do it again next season. Fortuantly after these last couple of sails, we were left with a wonderful taste in our mouths for the off season so we would be excited for the start of the 2012 sailing season.
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| All the boats still left at Montrose Harbor |
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| The entrance of Montrose Harbor |
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| The Chicago skyline shrinking in the distance |
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| Using the pole for the first time, sailing wing on wing! |
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| Shorts, on the water, in October?!? |
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| Trying to hide from the sun! |
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| Coming into Waukeegan Harbor |
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| Safe at Larsen Marine |
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