At the helm of Outta the Blew, our 22-foot O'Day sailboat on Lake Saint Clair near Detroit. Photo: Courtesy of Bill Rapai
While some of you spent Memorial Day weekend watching cars race over 200 mph at the Indy 500 or the Monaco Grand Prix, I was cruising Michigan's Lake Saint Clair at a leisurely 5 knots and loving every minute of it.
Our 1984 sailboat — a 22-foot O'Day, or "Slow Day," as we like to joke — is my idea of a Sunday drive.
Outta the Blew is a modest vessel, but she's simple to rig and easy to sail.
And if the wind dies — nature's version of "range anxiety" — we've got a Honda outboard engine to get us back to the dock.
The bottom line: Sometimes, it's way more fun to drive with a tiller in your hand than a steering wheel.
