Sailing: Vida's first sail - weeeeeee

Just 30 minutes out of the harbor on a blustery day with rain clouds around and 15 knots of wind. Mainly just to break the ice really and to start seeing the logistics of having Vida on board.

So we just dashed out, unrolled the headsail, tacked and headed back in.

As soon as we started rising over the waves V started saying "weeeeee" and while we had the sail up she continuously said weeee again and again with a big smile on her face. The last few minutes as we came back in under power again she lay on her back on the cockpit floor smiling at the mast and rigging.

I've been going to the boat before work with her, and she's been asking to go have more boat, hopefully now she's even more excited by it and I can keep that up for years to come!

What we learnt....

• We need a better way of tethering her. She was tethered to the traveller supports and we need to tether her forwards of that.
• Her shoes, while warm, had no grip. Need to fix that!
• Probably need to put the door slats in so she can't climb downstairs

So I'll need to find a better place to tie her to, nothing stands out at first glance - perhaps we can arrange a tie across the cockpit floor that she tethers to on a shorter leash keeping her away from the cockpit and the traveller?

How did Kraken perform under headsail alone? Slight amount of leehelm, 4-5 knots speed in 15knots of breeze. Surprisingly good really!