Back from BSA Seabase. My Son, 4 other Scouts, my older brother and the captain of a 41' Morgan Sloop sailed out of Lower Matecumbe Key in the Florida Keys. Spent 4 nights on the water, came in to port, spent the night at the dock and headed out for another night. 8 People living on a 41' boat is a bit interesting. Gives you an appreciation for a few things and space being the most considered. The lads did amazing. They learned how to sail a sloop (my Son and another boy were already were decent sailors - hunters, lasers, sunfish) but the larger boat presented new challenges.
They spent most of the days snorkeling, sailing and fishing. The worst part was the heat at night. I had the V birth with my brother. Sweat poured off me every night. My Son slept on deck most nights unless it rained which it did a few times.
I took lots of pics but most all had the other boys in them and frankly I don't like posting pics of other peoples kids.
Here was our boat. One of many in the BSA Seabase fleet.
Dawn out of my window
Time to start the day.
My Son making breakfast for the crew. All the scouts took turns with the duties such as cooking, cleaning (including the head), as well as rig work.
The weather wasn't always good though. See the water spout? No one chummed the water despite the fact that we were rolling pretty good.
We saw some amazing night skies and we did catch the meteor shower as well. Spectacular! Didn't get any pics but the sunsets were nice...
