Senile Sailing.

Sailing alone in good weather is a bit of a task, but going alone in a big blow can get you in trouble.  As long as Kadizzle has sailed he has still not developed any good habits.  A good sailor does things in and orderly fashion.  The hell with that.  Put the sail up and lets go.  Kaddizzle and Stroupini each sailed their boat down the lake to spend the night.  After a pleasant supper, some nice squeeze box music by Stroupini and a visit from an old friend the sailors settled down for a good sleep.  Kadizzle was awakened by Stoupini with coffee.

As predicted the wind came up big time.  Now it was time for the first senile moment.  After cooking the egg sandwiches Kadizzle decided to put some water in the frying pan and heat the water to make cleaning the pan easier. Somehow attention got diverted and the boats pulled anchor with the pan cooking on the stove.  With luck Kadizzle smelled something and went below.  This was just before he was about to set sail and heel the boat over big time.  The frying pan was plenty hot and the spatula in the pan was melted in several places.  Pan and all went in the lake.  Had that hot pan slid from the stove onto the floor it would have surely burnt some nice stains.  That was senile moment one.  On the last sail Kadizzle forgot the coffee pot was not stowed and it fell overboard.  It broke the top in the process but it was fished out of the lake successfully.  On the way into the marina Kadizzle notice a line dragging along the boat as it plowed ahead full speed.  The line for the running back stay somehow had found its way into the water.  It would have surely fouled the prop coming into the marina. Not a good thing in a big wind.  Finally back at the marina Kadizzle wondered if anyone would pop out to help him land at the slip. It was not a cross wind landing so it was not hard, but Conner the fourth grader appeared to help.  Conner and Kadizzle got the ship tied up.