Was looking forward to a rather adventurous sail as two friends - Brian and Anton (both sailors themselves) - were coming down to the marina for a sail. Forecast was for a SCA winds 10-15 with gusts to 20... in actuality, we had NW winds that were flaky at best 5 - 10 if that once we got out.
Put the sail up about 45 seconds out of the slip and the engine was off 2 minutes later (Anton timed - he was jealous as his boat is on the Sassafras - and he has to motor a ways to get to a place with good air). Headed down Langford creek into the Chester - and at first, the winds were kicking. Brian was at the helm, Once out into the Chester the winds continued to die down until we finally gave up a bit down by Eastern Neck Island. We turned back, pulled in the Genoa, but kept the main up and turned on the iron genny. We did pick up some more wind about the "LC" red/green mark in the Chester, so we unfurled the genoa and started sailing again. Made it almost all the way up the creek before we had to turn the engine on again. Dropped the sails in Davis creek - and even though they had never helped dock the boat before, we had a perfect in! A great day out on the water!