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Family living in the wild builds a sail to cross the bay | Home in the Wild


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·Nov 10, 2024

(Hudson cooing)

TORI: Wesley's being so quiet.

JIM: I know. He's being so good.

TORI: If the kids aren't crying, things are good.

JIM: Yeah. We got a tailwind. It's a paddler's dream.

TORI: Yeah, just my concern is just the wind past this point, basically.

JIM: I know, it's looking like it's gonna pick up a bit. A little wind is like a gale force. What do you think about trying something out like rigging up a sail?

TORI: Is that gonna just take more time than just paddling?

JIM: If I can find the right materials, we could rig it up pretty quick, and we're gonna have to probably want to stop to feed the kids anyways, right?

TORI: If we're stopping for lunch, I suppose, yeah, we could try to rig it up.

HUDSON: Ya!

JIM: (in Cockney accent) What a nice little spot, eh? Go on, guv'na!

TORI: Right into the rocks. (scrape)

JIM: Wee!

TORI: Boom! North. Here.

HUDSON: Wee!

JIM: Aww.

TORI: Huddy, you want some lunch?

JIM: Hey, hon, can I go grab a couple sticks to rig up the sail?

TORI: Sure. Yeah.

JIM: Okay. I'll be back soon.

TORI: Yup.

JIM: If I don't come back, never remarry.

TORI: Did you hear that? It is a little windy out there, and so I'm sure the sail would be a good idea if the wind stays in our favor. But if it changes, it could be a little bit tricky.

JIM: I'm gonna have to take a couple small saplings. So, I don't just walk into the woods and cut down the biggest, perfect tree standing right in the middle. That's a tree that's healthy that's gonna live for a long time. So, they're gonna take those from a spot where there's a whole bunch growing close together. And that way, if I take a couple and thin it out, more trees will live to become mature trees. There we go. I think that'll be just about right.

HUDSON: Dada!

JIM: I found pretty much what I think are the perfect things for the mast.

TORI: Sweet.

JIM: Yeah. I am just lashing up these two long, whippy pieces of sapling. That is actually going to be the top of the mast. Yeah, it's gonna be... pretty cool! So, what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna lash them to the gunwales by wrapping a rope around the hull of the boat. And that's almost gonna create like an arch. And then I'm gonna tie a camping tarp to a stick. Put a pulley in the top, and that way, we can drop the sail if it gets too windy, so we'll know that we'll be safe out there as well. Yeah. Yeah, okay.

TORI: Whoa! Ready to set sail, honey.

JIM: You know, it's a little upsetting that Huddy's asleep, though, and he hasn't really soaked in the brilliance of this sail rig. He'll have to enjoy the pictures, unless he wakes up. We'll see, though.

TORI: Ah, good boy!

JIM: Okay. Okay, you ready?

TORI: Okay. Let's do it.

JIM: Alright, I'm gonna raise it.

TORI: Alright! Ah!

JIM: Yeah! It's working!

TORI: Yeah! Woo-hoo!

JIM: Woo!

TORI: This is great! We're sailing!

JIM: Okay, cross draw. Cross draw.

TORI: I am cross drawing, honey.

JIM: It's working! We could technically sail all the way to the end of this bay effortlessly with the tailwind, eh?

TORI: I know, I've got my feet up.

JIM: Just saving energy, it's saving time.

TORI: We're doing it. Too bad the kids are both asleep. We should get into sailing, honey.

JIM: Yeah. Bam!

TORI: Boom!

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