Up Against the Wind

We took the little Cape Dory 10 out in 23 mile per hour winds on a big bowl of a lake...Sunny at the tiller, we were really clipping along. Time to turn back, white caps. Sunny said 'coming about' at the same time as she turned the tiller 90 degrees...racing turn. Whee...the wind caught the sail and tipped the mast right into the water. We swam for awhile, using the capsized boat as a sail to aid us to the shore. Saelyn was a trooper, 7 years old...no bargaining for him. He screamed at the top of his lungs, "God, make someone come and save us!!!" 

It wasn't three minutes later that a boat came from a nearby resort...The Coast God, I imagined. Someone had been driving down the road and glanced at the lake at us and the sailboat just in time to see us keel over, and then stopped by the resort to report it. 

Well. It was a great lesson for Saelyn. Stay with the boat and keep the faith, baby.