Setting Sail on a Hunter 290

It's another California Dreaming moment...waking in up in Sunny California and excited to sail the new vessel.  Our new baby, Hunter 290 - we're so exicted to have welcomed it into our family!  We're still debating a name...It's given name on it's birth certificate (Title)...

Hunter 290 Class B Sloop

Names being considered are:
Sloopy B
McB Sloop
Dream Catcher
Island Hunter
Mountain Eers

Set Sail
The morning sun rising with the smell of salt sets the mood for an early morning push off from the dock. The sails are flaked, ropes coiled, the stage is set. We started out our journey from the channel islands out into the Pacific Ocean.

Channel Islands

Main sail lifted and we caught a bit of wind, just enough to push us along allowing us to sip coffee and enjoy the bathtub type wake. After we devoured the chocolate croissants that accompanied the morning joe, it was time to hoist the Jib!

We quickly came about and were on a beam...water rushing the edge, spray hitting our faces...awaking our spirits! Before we knew it we were totally and ultimately windward.

We secured the hatch, water now rushing through as we rose over some powerboat wake. I trimmed the jib sheet and main sheet we were in sailor bliss... it's good to be a sailor!