Today is a great day for sailing so Steve and I took off to practice our rough weather techniques for reefing sails and coming about in high winds. It was a beautiful day we went about 40 miles offshore so we were out there all day. We ate lunch on the boat of tuna fish and pickles. Time flies when your working the sails and it is hard work in the winds. On the lake pulling in the headsail and reefing the main weren’t hard but on the ocean it takes a lot more muscle in the wind to work the sails. I am still learning all the terms and boat parts but i am getting there. I love the work and the challenge of being quick and thinking fast. I did well at the end of the day with coming about quickly so we dont lose momentum. Steve is going to put some hooks on boat for my sheets and a piece for us to hook on to the front of boat with our life jackets when weather gets rough. It was a wonderful day and we had a ball. We had the boat heeled over almost to the rubrail and we were told that if we had held it in that position and the rudder came up the boat will do a 360 and upright itself to the neutral position.We hadnt checked that out yet. On our way back we had to maneuver between so  many crab pots its like a maze out there. The channel is very narrow and we had to be very careful and on the way back we landed on a sandbar it was like slamming the brakes on a car to a dead stop! Steve maneuvered us off the sandbar with a little rock and roll. He is a very good captain and i am so proud of him. He is going to buy some more parts tomorrow to improve our boat and make it safer. Chicken and macaroni for dinner, we are going to turn in to macaroni. We have a bird right outside our boat sitting on the same pole everynight and it flies down to the mooring lines attached to it. He is my watchbird. I will try to upload his picture.