A lovely morning going round and round the buoys with a fellow KBC member. Then we went up the river to wave at my son G who is getting introduced to the trap and spin version of the 420's he sails in high school.
Great breeze with just enough puffs to warrant easing the main occasionally - perfect for practice and an active morning on the water!
Went out in 13 gusting 20 with the wife and the oldest. Tried to make it to the bridge but had to turn around. Very cool to see the Melges fleet racing out by Greenbury Point.
Distance race around government marks. The waypoints I programmed into iNavx came in very handy! Will and Rosellyn we're wonderful crewmates.
Took the yellow knockabout almost to the bridge... but with instead winds and not enough time, we headed back for a long downwind sail back home, taking another an hour to cover 2.5nm.
I finally paid for iNavx, though, and spent much of that downwind leg programming waypoints in it.
Took some high schoolers out as part of a field trip. Very cool group of kids, they were fearless!
Barely had time to do a couple of practice tacks before we saw lightning in the eastern shore. Still, it was nice to get in the water with G and grab a burger at Ebb Tide Dark Horse
I barely did anything, my boat mates got us a well earned 2nd by exercising patience at the last tack.
Today was an exercise in finding the puffs.
Light winds near Back Creek, spent a warm few hours chasing puffs.
A free friends and I rented Honu and, after a couple of hours doing the checkout sail we had a lovely afternoon sailing her around