MJ making knots

I tossed my Christmas present overboard today. It's called a
Knotstick and it measures waterspeed. It told me I was doing 8 knots.
I think that's pretty respectable. Martha Jane is a fast boat. This
was a close reach, no quite a beam reach in 20-25 k of wind. Later on
I got a rooster tail, indicating I was going faster yet, but as I was
alone, it was not convenient to throw the thing in the water at the
right times.

ED HAILE
Martha Jane "Terrapin"