Light winds out of the NE made for a perfect day to take out my Nonsuch 30 for the first time. After a bit of difficulty raising the sail due to insufficient slack and locked reefing lines, I was under way. Even in the light air the boat seemed to move right along. Tightening the mainsheet and drawing back the choker to head upwind I was pretty happy with its windward performance.
It was Thursday so after an hour or so of sailing back and forth, I anchored on the east end of Willoughby Bay to photograph the evenig race. Returning to my slip first attemped to dock front in but between the lines adjusted for facing the other way and it being a 3 foot step off the front to the finger pier, backing in was the way to go. Biggest problem was the tight clearance between the pilings. There can't be more than a foot so as the wind pushed me against the piling slowing me I found even a small angle would cause the boat to become wedged. In the middle of June I'll be moving to Old Point Comfort. In the meantime being at Willoughby, on the same side of the channel as I live, has made it more convient for my daily trips getting things in shape.