We had both of my parents out on the boat this weekend for a short sail. The wind was nice and they got to feel the boat really move along in the breeze.
And video to prove it:
With 4 adults and 2 kids on the boat, the Pathfinder behaves pretty much the same as when I'm sailing alone. Probably a little more stable with all the people aboard, but it is really hard to tell much difference. I had one reef in the mainsail and we moved along at 4 to 6 mph in 10-15 mph winds. I have found that I like to reef the main starting in that area (10-15), since the boat still gets up to hull speed pretty easily like that. My feeling is the full mainsail is good for light winds, I reef somewhere above 10, add a 2nd reef above 15, and take the mainsail down altogether at around 20mph. The only thing I notice is that without the mainsail, the boat won't point quite a well into the wind.
Canyon Lake is variable level, so as Texas dries up, new little islands appear. We stopped on this one for the first time....the beach is a little rough and rocky.
And another little video of getting back to the dock:
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