Cruise to Cobb Island to fuel up. Perfect weather. I haven’t been to Cobb Island since the summer of 2019.
Century Club: AJ Batcheller
Near perfect day to sail around Mattox Creek. Home to DM 4 to DM 11 and back home again.
Kayaking to Stepp’s Marina with Karen.
Went out for a 2-hour sail on Mattox Creek. Nice steady wind from the east.
Not much wind this afternoon but it was still enjoyable.
Morning sail in Mattox Creek to DM 4
Quick afternoon sail with winds a tad greater than 10 mph coming from the NW so the chop was very manageable.
I was relieved this morning that Bente survived being tied up for the night as opposed to being on the lift. Went for a nice mellow sail with light winds pushing me around at about 2 ½ mph out of Mattox Creek.
The BoatUS app mentioned a small craft advisory as they were predicting strong winds as the day progressed. It looked okay so I promised myself I’d only go out for a brief sail. The winds were close to perfect, and a brief sailed into a couple of hours. I could see the wind picking up and had no issue safely dropping the sails and motoring back to the dock. The water was a bit too choppy to use the boat lift hence I decided to tie the boat off rather than risk cracking the hull again. Lesson learned; I should have stuck to my original game plan of a brief sail.
Sailed again from Mattox Creek to the Monroe Bay DM 4 with temperatures in the low 70’s and 5 mph wind from the north.