Century Club: George Hernandez

With winds gusting over 25 knots but still wanting to spend this warm sunny day on the water. I motored out and found a little protection from the waves downwind of the heliport at Norfolk to anchor for the afternoon.

Upper 50's feels fine in calm air. Add a little wind and not so much. Stil, a perfect day since I wan't going anywhere. I made my way to the bay side of Willoughby Spit. There I relaxed ahead of diiner then watched for an Electron launch from Wallops. I didn't see it, except on my phone. Slow going against the current on the way in. Back to dock around 9 pm.

Light winds were forecast for early in the day. If i'm not going anywhere, gentle breezes and relazing sailing is perfect. Sailing out of Willoughby Bay to the north I timed my arrival at the channel to catch a departing submarine. Close enough to grab a few pictures, not so close as to become a concern for the patrol boats.

At first in the light winds it felt quite warm in the sun. As the breeze increased, long pants and jacket were needed. By late afternoon I had anchored on the east end of Willoughy Bay in hope that the trees along the shore would cut the wind a bit allowing the sun to set the temperature. They didn't. Dinner on the boat and with the moon rising and sun setting I pulled anchor to head in.

After a little work on the boat a sail out of Willoughby Bay into the channel. On the way out I saw the president's plane passing to the east decending into Oceana NAS. After sailing to Fort Monroe I returned to the south side of the channel to have the sun at my back as the Gettysburg passed. It never felt like it warmed as forecast. While VB was sunny and heating up nicely in the morning, there were low clouds and a cool breeze until early afternoon.