Finally! Leaving the Yard and Setting Sail

This week we finally finish up the yard work and sail our baby for the first real sail of our ownership of her. Sure we have sailed her once, (kind of) on the Sea Trial, and when we took her to the boatyard in November of Last year, (a year ago at this point). That time we sailed her, Jib Only, south across Lake Ponchartrain about 30 miles or so. I would love to get all noble sailer on everyone and talk about us doing that for the joy of sailing, but we did it because the motor died with a fuel system problem. So now here we are leaving the yard and all I want to do is throw up ALL of her sails. She is not rigged the way we want her BUT she is ready to be sailed across the lake for sure. So in this episode, we finish up some tasks and head out and set sail. We do run into 2 squalls and some fairly steep and tight waves (shallow lake sailing is sometimes more rough than sailing in the ocean). Check out the video of some of the pitching and rollings. At one point I am fairly certain the bow was going up and down a good 10 feet or so based on my being 6 feet tall (Take a look for yourself) :) Keywords, Setting Sail, Casting Off, Out of the Yard, We leave, Get out there, Finally Sailing, She floats, She Sails, She goes, Full Sails, The whole 9 yards, Don't forget to like and share this video Please check out our other videos as well and click on the playlist below for a couple we think you may enjoy. Our Refit Playlist - https://youtu.be/8wyNNpLAeNs Our Sailing to New Orleans Playlist - https://youtu.be/gzzteJxewAU Our Epoxy Vs Polyester Fiberglass test results - https://youtu.be/V1bXiKPYDKI Our series on hatches - https://youtu.be/7dNMu8s32kY and Our Series on new Freshwater Plumbing - https://youtu.be/8uv7ABaD3YM Some of the tools we mention in our videos are: Oscillating Multi-tool - https://amzn.to/2GtDpWC Carbide Grinding blade for the oscillating tool - https://amzn.to/2Gsovnz Ryobi Skill Saw (I have the corded) - https://amzn.to/2uKnm5o The Cordless version is here - https://amzn.to/2uJwOWA Small Trim Router (Great for tight places) - https://amzn.to/2GtkHmd *Please remember these are affiliate links and it helps us but doesn't cost you more if you buy from Amazon using these links. Join us on our journey as we continue to rebuild, refit and prepare our Formosa 51 Sailboat for our continued cruising journey. We have always loved the Formosa, bought one (on a bit of a whim) late in 2014, moved aboard this one right away and started to do our refit while living board. We are avid fans of Cruising Outpost and Good Ole Boat (Good Old Boat) magazines and love the ideas we get from them. Subscribe !! https://www.youtube.com/c/svdreamchaser?sub_confirmation=1 Support !! http://www.patreon.com/svdreamchaser Lets Connect !! - http://www.facebook.com/svdreamchaser - http://www.twitter.com/svdreamchaser - http://svdreamchaser.tumbler.com