Finished strong

Saturday was rained out, but Sunday was a good day for sailing.

On Sunday I went sailing with my wife, my brother and a couple friends.

Some enjoyed a "Bloody Mary"

Winds started in the 8 knot range and finished strong during the last hour of the sail with gusts to 18 knots. We were sailing right at 6.0 knots for a while towards the end of the day. Our max speed was 6.1 knots according to the iPad sailing GPS app I have been using for the past two seasons. The Garmin GPS 72, which I brought out for the first time, indicated the max speed was 6.3 knots.

We got the rail in the water for a short while, but a couple members of the crew didn’t appreciate that too much, so we eased out the main sheet to spill some wind and kept the rail out of the water.

Rail in the water

A couple of the crew members that didn't like the "rail-in-the-water"

The temp was 56 degrees when we left the dock at 11:45 and felt good for most of the day. Clouds came in and the winds picked up towards the end of the sail and everyone put their jackets on.

All in all a very good sail.

Click here for- >Google Earth GPS Track 2013-10-06