Reverie Shakedown Cruise: Testing Sails, Performance, B&G Vulcan & EasySea Winch Handles

Today is the first day that Carmen ("Cusie") and I have been able to take off in months. So we decided to take Reverie for her first official sail after being brought back from the yard. A lot of work has been put into this sailboat restoration. She has been completely rebuilt from the keel up. Below the water line, we replaced the Shaft Strut, Shaft, Propeller (New 16" 10 Deg 3 Blade), Rudder Shoe, Rebuilt Rudder and Centerboard, New Pendant, New piping for pendant line, all thru hulls and transducer. I have other videos on this channel that show a lot of the work done to Reverie. So we took Reverie for a sail on Terra Ceia Bay. Beautiful bright blue skies, winds 12 - 15 knots. Ideal conditions for our first sail. Terra Ceia Bay is located near entrance to Tampa Bay and the Skyway Bridge. We are starting the process of testing all of the systems, so Cusie and I sailed her to test sails, winches, performance, electronics, etc. Of course I could not get Cusie of the helm the whole time. She only let me dock Reverie. =) Overall, we had a great day and the shakedown was a great success!! We are looking forward to finishing the interior projects which are not that many, so we can take our first overnight cruise. Here is the timeline: 00:00 Intro - Please excuse the wind noise at the beginning. Did not have my mic with me so this was done with the phone mic. 00:30 Sailing on Main Only - doing about 4.5 knots. Showing Terra Ceia Bay 01:05 Our new North Sail Main. 01:23 Boat Tacked Effortlessly 02:05 Testing our new B&G Electronics (Wind Direction, Speed, Depth, Temp) 02:41 Enjoying Terra Ceia Bay 03:49 Heave To! Seeing how easy is was to perform and how well Reverie our Pearson 34 CB performs. 04:40 Testing EasySea Winch Handles 05:32 Wrapping Up the Video and Our Thoughts on the First Sail.