With apologies to the light operatic song for the title butchery... 😀
There's a sense that the season is coming to a close, so with a shed load of holiday still in the bank at work the option of a sunny afternoon on the water was too good to pass up..
For every God-sent breeze there is an equal and opposite reaction, so the fantastic direction of the last trip was swapped for a south easterly - equally unusual, but the most bast*rd direction you get in the harbour as absolutely everything is uphill from the mooring in a SE.. add in a 4.5 mtr (approx) tide and the choices were to either motor a long way, or just enjoy the tacking.. so that's what I did as you can see from the map... two and a half hours of tacking and a sublime 30 minute goose wing run back to the mooring.. bliss...
With time to enjoy, thoughts are coalescing for what I need to get done over winter.. new jobs are being added to the new list (see tab at top)...
Log:
Distance: 9.77 miles (cumulative total in the mileage tab at the top)
Wind: F3 gusting F4; SE going SxE
Sail Plan: Full main and 80% genoa
Speed: 2.6 / 4.9 (avg/max)
There's a sense that the season is coming to a close, so with a shed load of holiday still in the bank at work the option of a sunny afternoon on the water was too good to pass up..
For every God-sent breeze there is an equal and opposite reaction, so the fantastic direction of the last trip was swapped for a south easterly - equally unusual, but the most bast*rd direction you get in the harbour as absolutely everything is uphill from the mooring in a SE.. add in a 4.5 mtr (approx) tide and the choices were to either motor a long way, or just enjoy the tacking.. so that's what I did as you can see from the map... two and a half hours of tacking and a sublime 30 minute goose wing run back to the mooring.. bliss...
With time to enjoy, thoughts are coalescing for what I need to get done over winter.. new jobs are being added to the new list (see tab at top)...
Log:
Distance: 9.77 miles (cumulative total in the mileage tab at the top)
Wind: F3 gusting F4; SE going SxE
Sail Plan: Full main and 80% genoa
Speed: 2.6 / 4.9 (avg/max)
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