"D" - as in DAWN
(see that little bump sticking up left of the backstay?
That's my head)
Some boats are squirrely, zigging and zagging through the waves, sails strapped taut, intent on winning that race, upsetting but the most iron of stomachs.
Others - round-bottomed and plump like a Rubens painting of a voluptuous woman - make slow and steady headway through the sloppiest of seas. Those are the ones you want to go cruising with (plus, of course, a good-looking skipper).
Her name was DAWN, a Valiant-40. And I loved her.
Beautiful sailboat! We have a 22 ft Venture and we sail it on Lake Michigan :)
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Lake Michigan is a small ocean onto itself.Actually, you have to be a better sailor in a small responsive boat. Hope you have a lot of fun this summer.
DeleteDawn is a gateway to freedom from land! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great name for a beautiful boat. And of course I'm sure the good-looking skipper made the trips even better.
ReplyDeleteHi Inge - thanks for your lovely comment over at my blog this morning (and yours too .. thinking about it!) ... Dawn is a great name for a boat ... sailing into a new dawn - is a change from sailing into the sunset. I've never been that keen on sailing since we nearly went under a keel of a warship in Falmouth Harbour - a deep water port here in Cornwall ... put me off for life! I used to glide - I was happier up in the air ...
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Oh, it makes me want to jump on board, Inge. "Dawn" is a perfect name. Sunsets and sunrises are glorious when sailing.
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Dawn does look sleek.
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