Century Club: George Hernandez

Just a short sail out to the main channel and back. With temps only near 80 sailing was very comfortable. After this short sail it was back into the marina for some varnish work...

and like I always say, "why work in the marina, when you can be out on the water"

Simple task. done in no time. In spite of the 105° real feel forecast it was quit nice out there. Should have sailed!!!!!

I had been planning on getting out a little early ahead of the chance of thunderstorms. Wind was forecast to be light which is fine with me. However arriving at the marina it was almost dead calm. Change of plan, visit the pump out station.

Once that was done I motored out onto Willoughby Bay to float there and enjoy the very light breeze. Using this time to make a couple phone calls I went below to escape the helicopter noise. While below I hadn't noticed the wind had gradually picked up and I was moving. At the conclusion of my calls I came out to find I was rapidly headed towards the rocks along the Naval Station. If I had been below another 5 minutes I'd have been on the rocks. I will not do that again!

An opportunity for a short overnight ahead of a trip to visit my mother in NC. My favorite destination only a short sail away is Back River near Langley. As usual, both the wind and current were against me passing Fort Wool and into the bay. I sailed east almost all the way to the CBBT before tacking north. This worked out great putting my on a close reach all the way into the mouth of the Back River. Wind increased through the afternoon and I was making 6.5 knots. Anchored just west of Messick point had me in calm water through the night with a breeze to keep things comfortable. The sail back home was slower but with an early start I was back at the dock just after noon.