Sails Clear Lake and Galveston Bay
SeaBun's length overall is 24'6", with a 30' mast, 8' beam, 3'4" draft, and displacement of 3930 lbs (1800 lbs of lead ballast).  The hull is wood with fiberglass laminate.  Its 18' waterline length suggests a hull speed of 5.7 knots/6.56 mph.  Top speeds so far:  6.6 knots under main and 130% jib in 13.25 knot wind; 5.5 knots on a run with only the mainsail in 15.65+ knot wind.

Crossing Clear Lake		 Shrimpboats lining up
Clear Creek Channel
Channel into G. Bay
Sea chop		 Galveston Bay, north, off Red Bluff
Galveston Bay, Red Bluff		 Trinity Bay
Trinity Bay

Furled sails
Starboard tack		 June 2004
Decks awash.		 Summer sunset from Galveston Bay
Sunset G. Bay		 Galveston Bay, north, off San Leon
Galveston Bay, San Leon		 Galveston Bay, Red Fish
Galveston Bay, Red Fish
Sunsetting on Kemah from Galveston Bay, January 2006
Sunset on Kemah		 Full moon rising on Galveston Bay, January 2006
Full moon rise		 Liquid gold, January 2006
River of gold		 Full moon, January 2006
Magical light		 Good Friday, March 2005
Clear Lake sunset		 Venus high over Kemah Boardwalk. August 2005
Venus over Kemah
Pelican guarding Galveston Bay
Brown pelican		 Heading east to Galveston Bay via Clear Creek Channel.
To Galveston Bay		 Dolphins in Galveston Bay, August 2005
Dolphins		 Sailing Clear Lake with a shiny new look
New hatch & paint		 Flag shadows on main Brown pelican, August 2004
Brown pelican
Wind flow over flags, sail, windtel. August 2005
Windflow		 Shrimpboat in Galveston Bay Coast guard chopper and diver
Coast Guard		 Brown pelicans swim past in Galveston Bay, March 2005
Pelican pair
Shrimping in G. Bay		 Diamond sparkles
Sparkling G. Bay

Platform in G. Bay		 February 2005
Cabin under sail.		 Lofty places
Looking aloft.		 Tanker and sailboat, Houston Ship Channel
Tanker in HSC		 Loaded barge in Houston Ship Channel Southbound cruiseship in HSC, January 2006
Cruiseship in HSC
Galveston Bay, February 2006
Galveston Bay
Distant Kemah Bridge
Captain Kidd
Shrimper SeaDragon
Kemah Boardwalk
Kemah Bridge

The Beast
Beauty
G. Bay astern
Shrimp boats at rest
Spirit of Texas
More boat traffic

Corralled Beast		 Flag day for SeaBun. June 2005
Mainsail rests
Kemah Boardwalk Approach
Boardwalk lights
Light waves		 Harbor-bound up Clear Creek Channel from Galveston Bay.
Back to Clear Lake

Clear Lake sunset		          


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