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It had been a few weeks since I had been out on the water so I was really eager to go. My normal crew was not available with the Admiral planning to go to a baby shower and none of my kids wanted to go. I extended an invitation to a few others, no luck, they all had plans. So I said fine, I'll go by myself. While the rigging was a bit more of a hastle taking about 1.25 hours (normally only about a half hour), it was well worth it.

This was my first time going single handed and beyond the perfect sailing conditions on Wanapum reservior (Columbia River) with consistent 10 - 15 mph winds from the wnw, mostly clear sky, and the temperature in the high 70s, it was a very liberating, relaxing, and peaceful experience . While I will always seek to have my crew or others come, I will not hesitate to go alone again, it was amazing!!!

Yeah, I find (on Lake Michigan) that using the Genoa only works very nicely when single-handed.

RJG 26S wrote:It had been a few weeks since I had been out on the water so I was really eager to go. My normal crew was not available with the Admiral planning to go to a baby shower and none of my kids wanted to go. I extended an invitation to a few others, no luck, they all had plans. So I said fine, I'll go by myself. While the rigging was a bit more of a hastle taking about 1.25 hours (normally only about a half hour), it was well worth it.

This was my first time going single handed and beyond the perfect sailing conditions on Wanapum reservior (Columbia River) with consistent 10 - 15 mph winds from the wnw, mostly clear sky, and the temperature in the high 70s, it was a very liberating, relaxing, and peaceful experience . While I will always seek to have my crew or others come, I will not hesitate to go alone again, it was amazing!!!

I find the best thing about single handing (which I rarely do) is the complete lack of subtle pressure. If I mess up on a point of sail and stall, who cares? I can really test the ideas I read on this forum without worrying about being a good host or a competent sailor.

The problem I always run into is squelching the urge to just set course to the open sea and go...