Great fall afternoon for single-handing

Trip dates: 
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Sail

Great fall colors on the trees and wind ranging from 6-9 knots from the SE in 61-degree weather gave me a great time to practice going upwind, where I managed to consistently go 5 knots in 8 knots of true wind.  Ran a course starting at E and ending at N and then ran home, going 3-4 knots wing-and-wing all the way to the Red channel marker.  Then shot into Valentine going 5 knots and furled the jib and ghosted all the way to the slip.  Really a beautiful evening.  Tightened the top batten, so hopefully we'll lose the pucker there going forward.  We'll see.