Rigging: It was a grueling couple of hours in the sun. The kids had it in their minds they would sail, today, so they worked hard. First time with the boat and me trying to recollect how I took it apart last fall. The beauty of this old $1 boat has been that it has everything it needs to sail and everything works. Like a jig saw puzzle the pieces all locked back in place. All the little details that kids don't pay much attention to growing up sailing on the family boat, suddenly become important. Armed with past experience stuff begins to click in their minds.

Our daughter is especially versatile. I handed her the blocks and line from the continuous line jib furler and with a pair of pliers she attached shackles to stanchion bases correctly. And she took the time to take photos as she chased down tools in the nearby truck.

Off they went but today is different than when I grew up. I felt like I went along as photos and text came bolting into my pocket.

We had some laughs. Dad was finding mistakes sitting in the back yard with a glass of wine, "you haven't tensioned the main down haul",..." there's a gizmo to stop that flutter called a leech line",... and back and forth. I watched the wrinkles begin to disappear in the main as new photos came into my pocket.

Most of all I enjoy seeing that my children are both natural sailors. I could see our son mentally figuring out how to adjust trim(future) and improve. With his first nav app on his phone he was tickled to report speeds over 6 knots in the under 10 knot breeze.

We all had so much fun on that sail. They were home for dinner. It's an amazing place that we live.