My O’Day 22 Sailboat Blog

Its been about a week since my last post so I thought I just quickly post a little update about whats going on. I have not gone sailing much since the last trip out to the oil rigs. Earlier this week I did take my mom, brother and his girlfriend out on the boat late on a Sunday. They came to visit me for my birthday which was the 10th of this month. Nothing too exciting. The marine layer was thick and fog was rolling in so we decided to stay in the harbor. By the time we got out it was getting difficult to see across the launch ramp.

I’ve been checking out little dinghy’s on craigslist for use with the sailboat. Preferably I’d like to find a little walker bay style dinghy that is versatile so I can row, sail or motor. My wife does not like the idea of me getting another boat even though its not REALLY another boat. I will just keep a sharp eye out for whats in the market in the meantime. I’m also contemplating building my own dinghy using downloadable plans online. This guy made a nice little D4 Dinghy from the free plans offered by bateau.com. I’ve not built my own boat before but I think it would be a fun and interesting project. We’ll see how things go in the next few months.

Thinking about building a home made boat that looks something like this.

Next week I am going on a little camping trip to Yosemite National Park. A friend of ours invited us to come along for this trip. It was a nightmare apparently to book the campsite as they are extremely book in the summer time. Unfortunately there will be no sailing involved in this trip. Hopefully I will get to take the boat out again in the next couple of weeks…