Our first sailing trip with the new boat

This afternoon we "parked" the children (Menno and his "stepsister" as he clls her) with a friend to try the sailing capacities of the new acquisition. Wer discovered the following:
She really needs wind because by wind force 3 Beaufort and below she is slower than one can expect from a modern sailing boat. But she isn't modern. I think it's caused by her material (heavy steel) and her sail (not designed for her but deparately purchased from another boat). She has a gaff sail which isn't usual for her type of boat.
HOwever, being on the water was a nice experience and she did perfectly what she had to do. She will be at her best on more open water, with wind force 4 or 5. With 6 she will need a reef which she hasn't so we have to provide her with one.
Janine is enthousiastic. But she also thinks of the kids who don't like being on a sailing boat for longer than half an hour, so she was talking about little islands with playing and bbq possibilities.

Unfortunately we didn'have cameras with us (hers was just returned from repair and lacked batteries, mine was at home because I wanted to concentrate on the sailing and not be distracted by my other addiction), otherwise we could show you something. But tomorrow is another day and we will go with the children.