Family time sailing. Sharayah has gotten enough courage up that she manned the tiller for the first part while we headed out and then transfered from motor power to main sail. But once the jib went up she was done and I took over. Kyle did a great job working with Yvonne to get the main up and Ryan worked with Yvonne to get the jib up. They are all getting more fluent at those tasks.

We passed a 25`McGregor under full sail that had come up from somewhere down lake beyond Elk point. It`s the first time we have seen her in these waters. Might have to see if they set anchor anywhere in our vicinity so we can slip over and say hi.

Grant and Barb came by from fishing south of Elk point and paused long enough to take a few pictures and say hi before they headed back to Ostrich. We had a great couple of hours of zipping back and forth between Ostrich and Elk point (49 10.68N 115 13.38W) before the wind died down. The kids really had fun which was the over all goal. Ryan manned the tiller for the trip into the harbor at Ostrich under motor power and did very well at it.

Ryan wanted to go out again as the wind picked up around 17:45 MST, so the two of us headed out to see what kind of fun we could fine. Unfortunately the trip was very very very short and involved sails and paddles to get back in as the motor stopped drawing water and started to over heat. I was hoping that it would just be an air lock and not the end of our sailing as there was no outboard repair place within a reasonable drive from the lake.

Checked it at 21:30 MST and the outboard is operating correctly once more. Was very happy to see the water circulating and running at a normal operating temperature. We should be able to get one more run out tomorrow morning before we have to pack up and head back home.

Here`s hoping. :)