Cold and windy weather took a short break today and allowed me out onto the water. The wind was light, but with a 34° air temperature much more breeze and it wouldn't have been as comfortable with the cloud filtered sunlight.
By later afternoon the clouds have significantly increased and there is a high wind and extreme cold warning through the weekend.
Out at the boat to do a little work I decided that in spite of the cold it was actually quite nice in the sun. With light winds and 27° I motored around for about 30 minutes enjoying the fact I managed to get on the water during this cold spell!
..To Fort Monroe.
A really nice afternoon ahead of a major winter storm. West wind and slack tide made fo a easy sail from Willoughby Bay to Mill Creek. Sunshine but with clouds from the approaching system moving in from the west.
Kinda cool and breezy. I motored out and simply floated on Willoughby Bay listening to a couple podcasts before motoring back in....
Short sail around Willoughby Bay with my neighbor who has a Pacific Sea Craft 34(?) A SE breeze gusting to over 20 knots had me putting one reef in the sail to keep things relaxing.
An unusually warm day with 15+ knots west breeze had me seeing 7.5 knots on a broad reach! A bit of tacking into the wind and outgoing tidal current to enter Back River.
Just as I set the anchor I was treated to an F-22 aerial demonstration.
Perfectly calm overnight and even though the low was near 40, I was very comfortable with my new diesel fueled heater.
The following morning was still calm so I motored out onto the bay and about 1/3 of the way back towards Norfolk where a nice east breeze carried me the rest of the way at a gentle 3 knots.
A short sail west then NE around Swells Bar and back into Willoughby.
I hope I'm not jinxing myself, but this is going to be the year!
With mild temperatures, a light wind and sunny skies it was fairly comfortable on Willoughby Bay. Clouds moved in within 30 minutes and the wind all but vanished. Still, a nice start to the year...
My marina neighbor joined me for some time on the water.
Sunshine and comfortable temperatures. Before leaving the dock I noticed the wind pickling up. With gusts of 20+ knots I started right off with one reef in the sail. Good decision! It kept sailing relaxing for me and I was still seeing 6.5 knots at times on a broad reach.
Partly cloudy skies filtered the sun's heating, but with light winds it felt cofortable for a local sail.