Sailing

 6/12- North Cove, Old Saybrook CT

   We finally got a day to go sailing so we were up early. We were not as early as some though as we passed by Bay Explorer on our way out of the channel. The wind as it turned out was directly behind us. This is not a good point of sail for us but I put a preventer on the main and poled the Yankee out and we went wing on wing. We followed the rumb line for nine hours. 

   It was a pretty nice day and the wind was good and we were averaging 4-5 knots. As the wind picked up so did the waves and it got a little bumpy. Once we neared the CT shore the waves were not unsubstantial. So now I had to derig everything which turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. Also as we neared the shore the current turned in our favor and we flew along. 

    Of course this only lasted until we hit the inlet and we were hammered to a stop. We eventually plowed through and turned up into North Cove. This is a harbor of refuge which means you can use moorings for free as long as the owner doesn’t come back. We found a tagged mooring and tied up. People put yellow tags on the moorings when they are away or at least they are supposed to. 

   It felt good to move without using fuel for a while even though we did hammer the rig a bit with all the slatting of the sails. That’s what they are there for I guess. 

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