Trip dates:
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Trip length:
1 day
Type of watercraft:
Sail
Pre-start or slightly thereafter with Block Island 40 ALARIS in no wind
smiles with kite up DW in 7-10 kn breeze
Breeze in the river gave us a sense of optimism, in spite of the forecast calling for little to no wind. The nearest isobar was out in the Ohio River valley. Sure enough, just about at Start Time (for this unusual race), at our location, CBYRA Mark "J" there was pretty much nuthin.' We tempted the gods by deploying the anchor as the stiff ebb had us pealing away from the mark but in the wrong direction. That was all it took as, before the anchor found the ground, a little breeze showed up and maintained for the rest of the afternoon.
But it was not warm...not by any stretch.